The automobile was invented in Germany by Carl Benz, who built the first practical, marketable automobile, the Benz Patent Motorcar, in 1885 in Mannheim. He was granted a patent for this vehicle on January 29, 1886, and began series production in 1888. This invention is considered the birth of the modern car
. Around the same time, Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach in Stuttgart also developed a four-wheeled motor car independently
. Aspirin was invented in Germany as well. It was synthesized in 1897 by Felix Hoffmann, a chemist working for the German pharmaceutical company Bayer in Wuppertal-Elberfeld. Hoffmann created a less irritating form of acetylsalicylic acid, which Bayer patented in 1899 under the trademark "Aspirin"
. In summary:
- Automobile: Invented by Carl Benz in Mannheim, Germany, in 1885-1886.
- Aspirin: Invented by Felix Hoffmann at Bayer in Wuppertal-Elberfeld, Germany, in 1897.
