Overall Chronological Table
Toyota events
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General events
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1867
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February 14
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Sakichi Toyoda is born in Yamaguchi-mura, Fuchi-no-gori, Totomi-no-kuni (now Kosai City, Shizuoka Prefecture)
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October
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Restoration of Imperial Rule
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1885
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April
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Patent Monopoly Ordinance of 1885 promulgated
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November
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Sakichi participated in an evening study group with young men and began studying the Japan's Patent Law
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1886
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January
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Karl Friedrich Benz of Germany obtains a patent on a three-wheeled automobile with gasoline engine
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1890
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November
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Sakichi Toyoda completes The Toyoda Wooden Hand Loom and applies for a patent (Patent No. 1195)
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November
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Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (DMG) of Germany established
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1894
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June 11
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Kiichiro Toyoda is born, Sakichi's first son
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June
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Sakichi Toyoda invents a yarn winder and applies for a patent (Patent No. 2472)
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August
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The First Sino-Japanese War breaks out
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1895
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June
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World's first motor show held in France
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June
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World's first motor show held in France
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Sakichi Toyoda establishes Toyoda Shoten (renamed Toyoda Shokai Office in 1902)
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1896
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June
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Henry Ford manufactures a gasoline-powered automobile in the U.S.A.
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1897
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Sakichi Toyoda establishes the Toyoda Shoten Buhei-cho Plant
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Olds Motor Vehicle Company, Inc. established in the U.S.A.
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1898
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February
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An automobile lands in Japan for the first time (French vehicle, Panhard et Levassor)
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August
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Sakichi Toyoda completes the Toyoda power loom
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1899
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February
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Renault established in France
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June
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Fiat established in Italy
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December
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Igeta Shokai founded; Sakichi Toyoda appointed chief engineer
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1903
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June
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Ford established in the U.S.A.
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1904
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February
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Russo-Japanese War breaks out
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Torao Yamaba (of Okayama Prefecture) completes Yamaba's Steam Car, Japan's first automobile
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1906
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Rolls-Royce established in Britain
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First ever Grand Prix held at Le Mans in France
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1907
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March
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Hatsudoki Seizo Co., Ltd. (now Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.) established
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Shinataro Yoshida and Komanosuke Uchiyama complete the Yoshida-shiki 'Takuri', the first gasoline-powered car to be made in Japan
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1908
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September
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General Motors established in the U.S.A.
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October
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Ford Model T is launched in the U.S.A.
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1909
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October
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Suzuki Loom Works (now Suzuki Motor Corporation) established
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1910
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A.L.F.A., predecessor of Alfa Romeo, established in Italy (Alfa Romeo formed in 1914)
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