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Nikola Tesla is born in modern day Croatia -
Nikola Tesla contracts cholera which would leave him in the hospital for about a year. -
Tesla first goes into college -
In 1884 Tesla, immigrates to the US. -
Nikola Tesla puts in his first patent request for a electric arc lamp. -
Tesla forms, Teslas electric company, which would quickly begin producing patents. -
Nikola Tesla patents electric transmission of power, and proceeds to show off his new design of a alternating current system. -
Nikola Tesla captures the first known X-ray image, weeks before another scientist would have a similar discovery. -
A fire starts in Teslas lab, which would result in loss of thousands of notes and study’s, once referred to as the burning of a modern age Alexandria library.
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Tesla sells 51% of his ownership of patents and future patents to J.P Morgan -
Rumors that claimed Tesla had declined a Nobel prize as a result disliking Edison spread, Tesla claims they are untrue. -
Tesla declares bankruptcy, after losing large portions of his patents. -
Originally declining the Edison award, Tesla accepts it but quickly left and had to be coerced into coming back for an acceptance speech. -
On january 7th 1943, Nikola succumbs to blood clotting. -
The United States government takes a portion of Teslas notes on weapons and begins to experiment, the experiments never were published and the notes they are based on were supposedly lost.