riley McCollum b2 Karl benz

By collier6

  • birthday

    Karl Benz was born on November 25th 1844 in Germany.

  • university of karlsruhe

    Karl graduated college at 19 in 1864.

  • married

    Karl married Bertha.

  • first invention

    he finished a car on new years eve.

  • his invention got far!

    His car made it 106 kilomeeters.

  • improved cars

    Karl recieved publicity for his improvements to the car.

  • employees grew

    the buissness grew from 50 people to 430 people.

  • competition

    there was competition betwwen the Benz company and Daimler.

  • mercedes-benz

    mercedes company and Karl combined their companies.

  • death

    Karl died at 84 april 4th 1929.