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Born in Smiljan
Smiljan was a village of the Austrian Empire (modern-day Croatia) -
Moved to Budapest
In 1880, he moved to Budapest to work under Tivadar Puskás in a telegraph company, the National Telephone Company. There, he met Nebojša Petrović, a young, Serbian inventor who lived in Austria. (Unsure of exact date) -
Becomes Chief Electritian
In 1880, he moved to Budapest to work under Tivadar Puskás in a telegraph company, the National Telephone Company. There, he met Nebojša Petrović, a young, Serbian inventor who lived in Austria. (Unsure of exact date) -
Forms his own Company
Tesla forms his own company, Tesla Electric Light & Manufacturing (Unsure of exact date) -
Investigating X-Rays
Tesla began investigating what would later be called X-rays using his own single terminal vacuum tubes. -
Tesla Opens Grand St. Lab
Upon returning to New York, Tesla opens a lab on 175 Grand St. (Unsure of exact date) -
Fire Destroys Lab
The fire destroys all Tesla's work.(Unsure of exact date) -
Wardenclyff Testing
Tesla begins to test the Wardenclyff Tower facility. -
Tesla declares bankruptcy
Tesla owed back taxes, but was penniless, living in poverty, on credit, at the Waldorf-Astoria. -
Death
Tesla dies in New York
