1856–1884
Birth in Smiljan; schooling in Karlovac and Graz; work in Budapest and Paris; arrival in New York in June 1884.
Timeline
The Life of Nikola Tesla
Eighty-six years, condensed into the moments that mattered.
1887–1896
The polyphase AC patents and the induction motor; the Westinghouse licence of 1888; the Tesla coil in 1891; the Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893; the Adams Power Plant at Niagara Falls from 1895.
1899–1943
The Colorado Springs experiments of 1899–1900; the Wardenclyffe project of 1901–1906; decades of declining support; death in New York City on 7 January 1943.