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Tesla born
He was born into a Serb family in the villiage of Smiljan, Austrian Empire. His father was an Orthodox priest and his mother had never received a formal education -
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Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla was a Serbian American, inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist known for his constributions to the design of the modern alternating current electricity supply system -
Nikola completed ''Primary'' and his family moved to Gospic
Tesla family moved to Gospic, Austrian Empire, where Tesla's father worked as a pastor.Nikola completed ''Lower'' or ''Primary'' School, followed by the ''Lower Real Gymnasium'' or ''Normal School'' -
Tesla attended the school
Tesla attended the ''Lower'' or ''Primary'' School in Smiljan where he studied German, arithmetric, and religion -
Tesla moved to Karlovac
He moved to Karlovac, to attend school at the Higher Real Gymnasium, where he was profundly influenced by a math teacher.
Tesla was able to perform integral calculus in hes head. -
Tesla graduating
He finished a four-year term in three years, graduating of Higher Real Gymnasium in 1873.
After he graduating, Tesla returned to his birthtown. Shortly after he arrived, Tesla contracted cholera; he was bedridden gor nine months and he was near death multiples times. -
Tesla father's death
After the death of his father Tesla found a package of lettrs from his professors to his father, warning that unless he removed from the schoool. -
Tesla first work
Tesla moved to budapest to work in telgraph company. Upon arrival, Tesla realized that company, then under construction, was not funcional, so he worked as a draftsman. When the company became funcional Tesla was allocated the chief electricion position. Tesla made many improvement equipment -
Work whit Thomas Edison
Tesla recolated to New York Vity where he was hired by Thomas Edison to work art his Edison Machine Works on Manhattan's lower wast side. -
Tesla laboratory
Tesla with two other people set up a laboratory for Tesla at 89 Liberty Street in Manhattan where he worked on improving and developing new types of electic motors, generators and other devices. -
Tesla coil
Tesla became a naturalized citizen of the United States, and established his South Fifth Avenue laboratory.In the same year, he patented the Tesla coil. -
X-Ray experimentation
Tesla began investigating what he referred to as radiant energy of "invisible" kinds after he had noticed damaged film in his laboratory in previous experiments (later identified as X-Ray). -
Radio
He ddemostrated a radio-controlled boat-wich he dubbed "teleautomaton"-to the public during an electrical exhibition at Madison Square. The crowd ythat witnessed the demostration made outrageous claims. -
High-frequency experiments
He moved to Colorado Springs, Where he would have room for his high-voltage, hgh-frequency experiments. He chose this location because the polyphase alterning current power distribution system had been introduced there and he had associates who were willing to give him all the power he needed without charging for it. -
Nobel Prize rumors
On 6 November 1915, a Reuters news agency report from London had the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla.There were unsubstantiated rumors at the time that Tesla or Edison had refused the prize. The Nobel Foundation said, "Any rumor that a person has not been given a Nobel Prize because he has made known his intention to refuse the reward is ridiculous"; a recipient could only decline a Nobel Prize after he is announced a winner. -
Last patent
He received his last patent, U.S. Patent for a biplane capable of taking off vertically and then be "gradually tilted through manipulation of the elevator devices" in flight until it was flying like a conventional plane -
Death of Tesla
Tesla died alone in room of the New Yorker Hotel. His body was later found by maid Alice Monaghan after she had entered Tesla's room, ignoring the "do not disturb" sign that Tesla had placed on his door two days earlier. Assistant medical examiner H.W. Wembly examined the body and ruled that the cause of death had been coronary thrombosis.
