John D. Rockefeller

By Catcher31

  • Started his first job

    In this year, John got his first job and started working at a young age. He made about 50 cents a day.

  • Rockefeller and Andrews opens

    John and Samuel Andrews bought out John's other business partners and renamed their company Rockefeller and Andrews.

  • Opened their own Business

    John and a friend opened their own called Clark and Rockefeller. (Economical)

  • First Oil Refinary

    Built his first oil refinary just outside of Cleveland, OH.

  • Standard Oil Trust

    It was signed by 9 people. In this trust it was agreed that companies could be merged, dissolved, purchased, ect...

  • Standard Oil Opens

    As one of his biggest accomplishments of his life, Rockefeller on this day opened and became president of Standard Oil Company.

  • Andrew Carnegie to Rise

    As a competor against Rockefeller, Carnegie created a world of steal which took away some sales from Rockefeller.

  • Controlling most of the Oil in the U.S.

    In the early 1880's Rockefeller owned almost 90% of the U.S. refineries and oil pipes.

  • Donations

    John D. Rockefeller was always giving money to a charity. In 1887, he gave a small school in Chicago a donation which the school when then become University of Chicago.

  • Sherman Antitrust Act

    In 1890, U.S. congress passed this act that prohibited trusts and combinations that put a hold on trade.

  • Carnegie Steal Company

    In 1892, Carnegie Steal Company was formed from Carnegies money.

  • Medical Institute

    During the beginning of this year he founded the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in New York City, which to this date is known as Rockefeller University.

  • Retires from Standard Oil Co.

    With his age catching up to him, Rockefeller deiced to retired from Standard Oil, but yet keep in touch and contiunelly get updates from them.

  • The Start of WWI

    A few years after Rockefeller stepped down to retire, Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assisinated and this was the spark that started World War I.

  • World War I Starts

    With the assisination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the first of the two World Wars started on this day with Austria-Hungry declaring war on Serbia.

  • Treaty Of Versailles is signed

    The treaty that ended World War I was signed while Rockefeller was still alive. So even though he was never envolved himself, ,in a war or anything military. He was still around when something big went on.

  • Rockefeller's death

    With his goal of living till he was 100 years old, Rockefeller sadly past away at the age of 97, in Florida of arteriosclerosis.