Born in 1858, Rudolf Diesel was fascinated by engines from a young age.

February 23 - Rudolf Diesel obtains a patent for a compression-ignition engine.

Here he also developed Rudolf Diesel's engine further and won international recognition as an authority on diesel engines.

The engine that Rudolf Diesel used to demonstrate his new idea ran on peanut oil.

In 1893 Rudolf Diesel brought his new engine to Krupp to construct.

This was five years before Rudolf Diesel built his well-known high-compression prototype engine in 1897.

He became a full professor of mechanical engineering in 1872, and set up an engineering lab where students such as Rudolf Diesel studied.

It is named after Rudolf Diesel who in 1892 invented the diesel engine.

February 23 - Rudolf Diesel receives a patent for the diesel engine.

March 18 - Rudolf Diesel (died 1913), German mechanical engineer.