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Nikola Tesla was born
Tesla was born to Serbian parents in the town of Smiljan in the Austrian Empire. -
Tesla Enrolls At Austrian Polytechnic
Tesla began his studies in mechanical and electrical engineering -
begins working for Continental Edison
Tesla moved to Paris, to work as an engineer for the Continental Edison Company -
Tesla Identifies Magnetic Induction Field Principle
identified the rotating magnetic induction field principle used in alternators and pioneered the use of this rotating and inducting electromagnetic field force to generate torque in rotating machines. -
Tesla quits working for eddison
Tesla claims he was offered US$50,000 if he redesigned Edison's inefficient motor and generators. -
forms Tesla Electric Light and Manufacturing Company
The Tesla Electric Light & Manufacturing was a company formed by Nikola Tesla -
Nikola Tesla begins experimenting with X-Rays
Tesla began investigating what would later be called X-rays using his own single terminal vacuum tubes. -
Tesla Delivers Lecture: A New System of Alternating Current Motors and Transformers
Nikola Tesla delivered a lecture entitled A New System of Alternating Current Motors and Transformers, describing the equipment which allowed efficient generation and use of polyphase alternating currents. -
Nikola Tesla Patents the Tesla Coil
A Tesla coil is a type of resonant transformer circuit -
Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse power the World's Columbian Exposition
The International Exposition was held in a building which was devoted to electrical exhibits. -
Tesla Patents Bladeless Turbine
Tesla's patents state that the device was intended for the use of fluids as motive agents, as distinguished from the application of the same for the propulsion or compression of fluids -
Tesla Files Lawsuit Against Guglielmo Marconi
Tesla was embroiled in other problems at the time, but when Marconi won the Nobel Prize -
The New York Times publicizes Nikola Tesla's particle Beam research
The term teleforce refers to Nikola Tesla's macroscopic charged particle beam projector. The device was based upon a large Van de Graaff generator of unique design and a special type of open-ended vacuum tube -
Nikola Tesla Dies
Tesla died of heart failure alone in room 3327 of the New Yorker Hotel -
'Tesla' Defined As a Unit of Measure
The tesla (symbol T) is the SI derived unit of magnetic field B (which is also known as "magnetic flux density" and "magnetic induction")