19
August
1793 |
Thimonnier's
birth in Arbresle (Rhône), France |
29 July
1813 |
Thimonnier
marries Jeanne-Marie Bonnassieux (3 sons: Jean-François, Pierre, Louis)
|
| 1820 |
Thimonnier,
now a widower, leave Amplepuis for Panissières |
January
1822 |
Thimonnier
marries Magdeleine Varinier |
| 1823 |
Thimonnier's
father dies |
| 1825 |
Thimonnier
moves to Les Forges (near Saint-Etienne) |
| 1929 |
Thimonnier
builds his first sewing machine the "Couseuse" |
8
June
1830 |
Founding
of the first company aiming at selling sewing machines |
17 July
1830 |
Patent
for "Couseuse", the first sewing machine ever |
| 1834 |
Thimonnier
goes back to Paris |
| 1836 |
Thimonnier
goes back to Amplepuis |
21 July
1845 |
Patent
for the "a chain stitch sewing loom as improved by Barthélemy
Thimonnier since the 1830 patent" |
31
July
1845 |
Thimonnier's
letter to the Villefranche newspaper is published |
17 October
1847 |
Patent
for the "Couso-brodeur designed to sew, embroider and make chain
stitch strings" |
9
February
1848 |
Purchase
of the English trading licence |
January
1849 |
Thimonnier
leaves for Manchester to manage the manufacturing of his sewing machines
|
| 1854 |
Back
in Amplepuis, Thimonnier resumes his tailor business and the making
of sewing machines |
| 1855 |
Word
Fair in Paris : Thimonnier's Couseuse is granted the first
class medal
Thimonnier builds his first shuttle stitch machine, then resumes his
researches on the chain stitch |
| 1857 |
Thimonnier
dies |
| 1872 |
The
French Home Office gives a grant benefits to Thimonnier's widow
|
| 1955 |
The
French Postal Services edit a 10 Franc stamp bearing Thimonnier's
effigy |
| 1957 |
A
stele is inaugurated on the centenary of Thimonnier's death in Amplepuis.
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