Stirling Craufurd Moss was born in London to amateur racing drivers Alfred and Aileen Moss. His father had finished 16th in the 1924 Indianapolis 500. Moss received his first car, an Austin 7, from his father at the age of nine.

Moss received an Austin 7 from his father, Alfred, at the age of nine. He raced it around the field of the family's country house.

Moss used winnings from horse riding competitions to pay the deposit on a Cooper 500.

Moss achieved his first major international race victory at the RAC Tourist Trophy in Northern Ireland, driving a Jaguar XK120.

At the Autodrome de Montlhéry near Paris, Moss and Leslie Johnson averaged 107.46 mph for 24 hours in a Jaguar XK120, setting a record for a production car.

Moss made his Formula One debut at the Swiss Grand Prix with HWM.

Enzo Ferrari offered Moss a Formula Two car to drive at the Bari Grand Prix before a full season in 1952, but Moss and his father were incensed to find that the car was to be driven by Piero Taruffi.

Moss finished second in the Monte Carlo Rally, driving a Sunbeam-Talbot 90 with Desmond Scannell and John Cooper as his co-drivers.

Moss was part of a four-driver team that drove a Jaguar XK120 for 7 days and nights at Montlhéry, averaging 100.31 mph and setting multiple World and International Class C records.

Moss became the first non-American to win the 12 Hours of Sebring, sharing the Cunningham team's O.S.C.A. MT4 with Bill Lloyd.

Moss bought a Maserati 250F after Neubauer suggested it, and he won the Oulton Park International Gold Cup.

Moss achieved his first World Championship victory at the British Grand Prix, leading a 1-2-3-4 finish for Mercedes.

Moss won Italy's Mille Miglia road race with co-driver Denis Jenkinson in a Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR, completing the race in ten hours and seven minutes.

Moss won the RAC Tourist Trophy, driving a Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR.

Moss won the Nassau Cup at the Bahamas Speed Week.

Moss won the Nassau Cup at the Bahamas Speed Week.

Moss won the Pescara Grand Prix, which was held on the longest circuit ever to hold a Formula One Grand Prix.

Moss won the first race of the season in a rear-engined F1 car.

At Monza, Moss raced in the Maserati 420M in the Race of Two Worlds, the first single-seater car in Europe to be sponsored by a non-racing brand – the Eldorado Ice Cream Company.

Moss defended Mike Hawthorn at the Portuguese Grand Prix, preserving Hawthorn's 6 points, which contributed to Hawthorn winning the championship by one point over Moss.

Moss won the 1000 km Nürburgring, driving an Aston Martin.

Moss won the Monaco Grand Prix in Rob Walker's Lotus 18.

Moss won the 1000 km Nürburgring with Dan Gurney in a Maserati Tipo 61.

Moss was seriously injured in an accident during practice for the Belgian Grand Prix, but recovered to win the final race of the season, the United States Grand Prix.

Moss crashed his Lotus in the Glover Trophy, which put him in a coma for a month and paralyzed the left side of his body for six months.

Moss retired from professional racing after a test session in a Lotus 19, feeling he had not regained his instinctive command of the car after recovering from his coma.

Moss acted as a color commentator for ABC's Wide World of Sports for Formula One and NASCAR races.

Moss competed in the London-Sahara-Munich World Cup Rally in a Mercedes-Benz but retired from the event in the Algerian Sahara.

Moss shared a Holden Torana with Jack Brabham in the Bathurst 1000, but the car was hit from behind on the grid and eventually retired with engine failure.

Moss shared a Volkswagen Golf GTI with Denny Hulme in the Benson & Hedges 500 at Pukekohe Park Raceway in New Zealand.

Moss made a comeback to regular competition in the British Saloon Car Championship with the works-backed GTi Engineering Audi team.

Moss was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame.

Moss was made a Knight Bachelor for services to motor racing.

Moss was knighted by Prince Charles.

Moss received the Segrave Trophy.

Moss was awarded the FIA gold medal in recognition of his outstanding contribution to motorsport.

McLaren-Mercedes unveiled their final model of the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, named in honor of Moss: Mercedes McLaren SLR Stirling Moss.

Moss celebrated his 80th birthday at the Goodwood Revival, with an 80-car parade each day, driving a different car each day.

Moss broke both ankles and four bones in a foot, and also chipped four vertebrae and suffered skin lesions, when he plunged down a lift shaft at his home.

Moss announced his retirement from racing during qualifying for the Le Mans Legends race, stating that he had scared himself that afternoon.

Lister Cars announced the building for sale of the Lister Knobbly Stirling Moss at the Royal Automobile Club in London. Moss endorsed the car and would personally hand over each car.

Moss was admitted to hospital in Singapore with a serious chest infection.

Moss announced his retirement from public life due to illness and a subsequent lengthy recovery period.

Moss died of cardio-respiratory failure at his home in Mayfair, London, after a long illness.