1493 Discovery of rubber by Christopher Columbus.
1839 Charles Goodyear invented vulcanized rubber.
1846 Robert William Thomson invented and patented, but
could not sell his pneumatic tire design
1888 Invention of the pneumatic tire by John Boyd Dunlop
(UK), for use on his son’s tricycle tires.
1889 Michelin Tire Company incorporated on May 28.
1895 André Michelin was the first person to use
pneumatic tires on an automobile, however, not
successfully