1856
Born in Smiljan, Austrian Empire.
Nikola Tesla
The Genius Who Lit the World
Here's a time line of Nikola Tesla's life:
1861
Attends primary school in Smiljan where he studied German, arithmetic, and religion.
1870
Moves far north to Karlovac to attend high school at the Higher Real Gymnasium.
1875
Enrolls at Austrian Polytechnic in Graz, Austria, on a Military Frontier scholarship.
1881
Moves to Budapest, Hungary, to work under Tivadar Puskás at a telegraph company, the Budapest Telephone Exchange.
1882
Starts to work in Paris with the Continental Edison Company.
1884
Moves to the United States.
1885
Leaves Edison Company.
1887
With Alfred S. Brown and Charles F. Peck, he creates the Tesla Electric Company.
1887
Develops the induction motor that ran on alternating current (AC).
1894
Begins to investigating what he referred to as radiant energy of "invisible" kinds after he had noticed damaged film in his laboratory in previous experiments.
1896
After hearing of Wilhelm Röntgen's discovery of X-ray and X-ray imaging, Tesla proceeded to do his own experiments in X-ray imaging,
1898
Demonstrates a boat that used a coherer-based radio control-which he dubbed "telautomaton" to the public during an electrical exhibition at Madison Square Garden.
1943
Dies at the age of 86.
"seldom did one meet a scientist or engineer who was also a poet, a philosopher, an appreciator of fine music, a linguist, and a connoisseur of food and drink"
- Julian Hawthorne