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<h1>Nikola Tesla</h1>
<h3>Inventor, Futurist & Mad Scientist</h3>
<h4>10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943</h4>
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  <p>Nikola Tesla was a Serbian American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system.</p>
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    <li><strong>1856</strong> - Tesla Born to Serbian parents in what is now modern-day Croatia</li>
    <li><strong>1875</strong> - Tesla begins technical schooling in Graz, Austria</li>
    <li><strong>1880</strong> - Tesla begins working for the American Telephone Company in Budapest</li>
    <li><strong>1882</strong> - Tesla conceives of AC induction motor </li>
    <li><strong>1882</strong> - Tesla begins working for Edison (in Paris, France)</li>
    <li><strong>1883</strong> - Tesla constructs the first polyphase AC motor</li>
    <li><strong>1884</strong> - Tesla immigrates to the United States</li>
    <li><strong>1884</strong> - Tesla begins working for Thomas Edison</li>
    <li><strong>1885</strong> - Tesla quits working for Edison</li>
    <li><strong>1886</strong> - Tesla launches Tesla Electric Light & Manufacturing</li>
    <li><strong>1887</strong> - Tesla builds first AC Induction Motor</li>
    <li><strong>1888</strong> - Tesla demonstrates AC motors to the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE)</li>
    <li><strong>1888</strong> - Inventor and businessman George Westinghouse buys Tesla's key Polyphase Patents after buying patent for the AC transformer</li>
    <li><strong>1888</strong> - Tesla begins working for Westinghouse</li>
    <li><strong>1891</strong> - Tesla becomes a US citizen </li>
    <li><strong>1891</strong> - Tesla invents 2-coil “Tesla Coil” </li>
    <li><strong>1892</strong> - First Polyphase Power System Installed</li>
    <li><strong>1892</strong> - Tesla discovers X-ray radiation while experimenting with HV and evacuated tubes</li>
    <li><strong>1893</strong> - Demonstrates Wireless Transmitter/Receiver</li>
    <li><strong>1893</strong> - Lighting the 1893 World's Fair Exposition</li>
    <li><strong>1894</strong> - Tesla generates 1,000,000 volts</li>
    <li><strong>1895</strong> - Tesla harnesses Niagara Falls</li>
    <li><strong>1895</strong> - Fire destroys Tesla's laboratory</li>
    <li><strong>1896</strong> - First long-distance transmission of polyphase AC Power</li>
    <li><strong>1897</strong> - Tesla files the basic Radio Patent</li>
    <li><strong>1897</strong> - Tesla releases Westinghouse from contract </li>
    <li><strong>1898</strong> - Tesla Demonstrates Wireless Control </li>
    <li><strong>1898</strong> - Tesla develops electric Ignitor for Gasoline Engines</li>
    <li><strong>1899</strong> - Tesla begins his Colorado Springs Research</li>
    <li><strong>1900</strong> - Tesla begins Wardenclyffe Transmitter</li>
    <li><strong>1903</strong> - Tesla runs out of money </li>
    <li><strong>1904</strong> - Marconi awarded patent for radio</li>
    <li><strong>1905</strong> - Wardenclyffe forced to close operations</li>
    <li><strong>1906</strong> - Tesla announces Bladeless Turbine </li>
    <li><strong>1907</strong> - During the financial panic of 1907, Tesla agrees to release Westinghouse from paying royalties on every induction motor</li>
    <li><strong>1909</strong> - Marconi wins Nobel Prize for Radio</li>
    <li><strong>1910-11</strong> - Tesla's bladeless turbines are tested in New York</li>
    <li><strong>1915</strong> - Tesla signs over Wardenclyffe deed to pay his debts</li>
    <li><strong>1915</strong> - Tesla files lawsuit against Marconi</li>
    <li><strong>1916</strong> - Tesla declares bankruptcy</li>
    <li><strong>1917</strong> - Wardenclyffe Tower is demolished </li>
    <li><strong>1917</strong> - Tesla receives the Edison Medal </li>
    <li><strong>1928</strong> - Tesla receives his last patent at age 72</li>
    <li><strong>1931</strong> - Tesla turns 75</li>
    <li><strong>1935</strong> - 15 out of 16 of Marconi's Patent claims are invalidated by the Court of Claims</li>
    <li><strong>1943</strong> - Tesla dies penniless in NY hotel on January 7, 1943 </li>
    <li><strong>1943</strong> - Tesla awarded Patent for Radio, June 21, 1943</li>
    <li><strong>1956</strong> - The "Tesla", a new unit of magnetic flux density in the metric system, is named in Nikola Tesla's honor</li>
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