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Birth
He was born in a small village in Smiljan. -
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Life of Nikola Tesla
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Begins Schooling and Father Dies
During his sophmore year, his dad had a stroke and died. After this he was forced to drop out of school. -
Begins Working at Telophone Company
During working at a telphone company he suffers a nervous breakdown. -
Immigrates to United States
Getting away from war, he arrives in New York at age 28 with only four cents in his pockets! -
Tesla launches Tesla Electric Light & Manufacturing
However the bankers, Robert Lane and B. A. Vail, refuse to fund Tesla's AC Motor, and they fire Tesla. Tesla is forced to work as a manual laborer to live. -
Tesla builds first AC Induction Motor
This is the world's first brush-less AC motor. Tesla files worldwide patents. -
Tesla becomes a US citizen
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Tesla invents 2-coil “Tesla Coil”
Tesla lights evacuated tubes with no wires. -
Builds Experimental Laboratory
Tesla builds his own experimental laboratory at 46 East Houston Street, in New York City. -
Tesla discovers X-ray radiation
Tesla terms the effect "radiant energy" of an invisible kind. -
Fire destroys Tesla's laboratory
Tesla's laboratory is completely destroyed by fire, ruining the work of half a lifetime. -
Tesla develops electric Ignitor for Gasoline Engines
Basically the same thing that's used in today's internal combustion engines. -
Tesla Runs Out of Money
Refuses to provide any additional funding after Tesla shares his true plans for using Wardenclyffe for Wireless Power Transmission. -
Tesla turns 75
Tesla is honored by being on the cover of Time Magazine, and receives congratulations from more than 70 pioneers in science and engineering including Einstein. -
Death
Died in room 3327 at the Hotel New Yorker at age 87.
