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This web page is deducated to the life and legacy of Nikola Tesla. Here are presented some of the main facts about Tesla. In every section you can find links towards more material. Scroll down, explore and findout more about this great inventor and humanitarian.

10 July 1856

Nikola Tesla Is Born

Tesla was born on 10 July 1856 into a Serb family in the village of Smiljan, Austrian Empire (modern-day Croatia).His father, Milutin Tesla, was a Serbian Orthodox priest. Tesla's mother, Đuka Tesla, whose father was also an Orthodox priest, had a talent for making home craft tools, mechanical appliances, and the ability to memorize Serbian epic poems. Đuka had never received a formal education. Nikola credited his eidetic memory and creative abilities to his mother's genetics and influence.

Find out more: Nikola Tesla, Gymnasium Karlovac, "My Inventions The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla"

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