Nikola Tesla (born July 9/10, 1856, Smiljan, Austrian Empire [now in Croatia]—died January 7, 1943, New York, New York, U.S.) was a Serbian American inventor and engineer who discovered and patented the rotating magnetic field, the basis of most alternating-current machinery.
Nikola Tesla's Timeline
July 10, 1856 - Nikola Tesla Was Born
1875
- Tesla Enrolled at Austrian Polytechnic
1882
- Worked for Continental Edison
1882
- Identified Magnetic Induction Field Principle
1884
- Moved to United States
1885
- Nikola Tesla Quit Working for Edison
1886
- Began Tesla Electric Light and Manufacturing
1887
- War of Currents
1891
- Patented Tesla Coil
1891
- Columbian Exhibition
1901
- Construction on Wardenclyffe Tower Began
August 4, 1915
- Files Suit Against Guglielmo Marconi
1934
- Particle Beam Research
January 7, 1943 - Tesla Died
1960
- A Tesla Was Defined as a Unit of Measurement
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