Nikola Tesla

Nikola is born

Jul 10, 1856

Nikola Tesla is born in modern day Croatia

Sickness

1873

Nikola Tesla contracts cholera which would leave him in the hospital for about a year.

College

1875

Tesla first goes into college

Emigration

1884

In 1884 Tesla, immigrates to the US.

First patent

Mar 30, 1884

Nikola Tesla puts in his first patent request for a electric arc lamp.

Tesla company

1887

Tesla forms, Teslas electric company, which would quickly begin producing patents.

Alternating current

1888

Nikola Tesla patents electric transmission of power, and proceeds to show off his new design of a alternating current system.

X-ray

1894

Nikola Tesla captures the first known X-ray image, weeks before another scientist would have a similar discovery.

Disaster strikes

1895

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.

Selling patents

Mar 1, 1901

Tesla sells 51% of his ownership of patents and future patents to J.P Morgan

Rumors

1915

Rumors that claimed Tesla had declined a Nobel prize as a result disliking Edison spread, Tesla claims they are untrue.

Bankruptcy

1916

Tesla declares bankruptcy, after losing large portions of his patents.

Awarded

May 17, 1917

Originally declining the Edison award, Tesla accepts it but quickly left and had to be coerced into coming back for an acceptance speech.

Nikola Teslas death

Jan 7, 1943

On january 7th 1943, Nikola succumbs to blood clotting.

Suspicion arises

1945

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.