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First self-propelled car built by Nicolas Cugnot
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Steam-powered car invented by Richard Trevithick
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Samuel Brown invented a steam engine which burned a mixture of oxygen and hydrogen gas
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The first coal-gas engine was invented by Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir
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Nikolaus August Otto invented a four-stroke engine called the Otto cycle
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Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler invented the first modern car/automobile
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Wilhelm Maybach built the first four-cylinder, four-stroke engine
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The Ford motor company was formed
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Seat-belts was made for safety
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Solar cars and electric cars are invented
