Nikola Tesla was born on 10 July 1856 in Smiljan. A Serbian-American engineer and inventor, Tesla was born in the village of Smiljan, then in the Austrian Empire, and emigrated to the United States in 1884, where he briefly worked for Thomas Edison. His inventions include the induction motor and polyphase alternating-current systems, which George Westinghouse licensed and developed, and the Tesla coil. He also experimented with wireless transmission of power and radio. His plan for the Wardenclyffe Tower on Long Island failed for lack of funds, and he died in a New York hotel room, almost penniless. The unit of magnetic flux density, the tesla, is named in his honour.
Before and after
- 1856Henry Bessemer patents his steel-making process
- 30 March 1856Treaty of Paris
- 24 April 1856Birth of Philippe Pétain
- 6 May 1856Birth of Sigmund Freud
- 10 July 1856Birth of Nikola Tesla
- 26 July 1856Birth of George Bernard Shaw
- 29 July 1856Death of Robert Schumann
- August 1856Discovery of Neanderthal 1
- 23 August 1856Earthquake in Oshima, Japan
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