1875 Death Isaac Merritt Singer, inventor (sewing machine), dies at 63 1866 Event 1st U.S. company to make sewing needles by machine incorporated, Connecticut 1857 Event James Gibbs, Va, patents chain-stitch single-thread sewing machine 1855 Event Isaac Singer patents sewing machine motor 1854 Event Allen Wilson of Connecticut patents sewing machine to sew curving seams 1854 Event Charles Miller patents 1st U.S. sewing machine to stitch buttonholes 1851 Event Isaac Singer patents sewing machine 1846 Event Elias Howe patents sewing machine 1842 Event 1st known sewing machine patented in U.S., John Greenough, Washington D.C. 1819 Birthday Elias Howe, Spencer Massachusetts, invented sewing machine 1811 Birthday Issac Merrit Singer, inventor, 1st practical home sewing machine
