On January 16 of 1886, Karl Benz was granted a patent for the Benz Patent-Motorwagen. It was later that same year Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach converted a horse drawn carriage to be propelled by an engine.
Daimler died in 1900. Emile Jellinek was a Czech who acted as an agent for Daimler cars in Nice, France. Jellinek told Maybach that if a Daimler could win the Nice Speed Week in 1901 he would order 36 cars. The car known as the 35 Horsepower was named “Mercedes” after Jellinek’s 11 year old daughter.
In 1926, Benz & Cie. and Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft combined to become Daimler-Benz with Mercedes-Benz being used as their automobile trademark.
In 1998, Daimler-Benz merged with Chrysler to become DaimlerChrysler then, after Chrysler was sold, changed to Daimler AG in 2007.
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