Timeline: The Life of Henry Ford | Timetoast

Jul 30, 1863

Birth of Henry Ford

Henry Ford was born in Greenfield Township, MI
Period: Jul 30, 1863 to Apr 7, 1947

Life of Henry Ford
Jan 18, 1876

Henry's mother dies sometime early in 1876
Jul 1, 1879

Henry finds a job at a machine shop in Detroit sometime in 1879
Jun 11, 1882

Henry returns to his farm inn the summer of 1882
Sep 1, 1891

Henry Ford moves to Detroit with his wife to work for Thomas Edison
Jun 1, 1896

Henry Ford finished his first vechicle, the quadricycle. A small four-horsepower car.
Jan 1, 1899

Henry sells the Quadricycle for $200
Jun 7, 1899

Ford founds the Detroit Automibile Company in the summer
Period: Jan 1, 1908 to Jan 1, 1927

Mass production era of the Model T
Jan 18, 1927

Sometime in 1927 the last model T is produced, intrduction of the model A
Jan 18, 1932

Sometime in 1932 henry builds the first V-8, a car.
Jan 18, 1945

Henry Ford retires sometime in 1945

Henry ford leaves his position of President of Ford Motor company.
Apr 7, 1947

Sometime in 1947 Henry Ford dies at age 83, at Fair Lane, his Dearborn home