The grave of Dane Tesla, Nikola's older brother. Death of older and only brother Dane at age 12 after falling from a horse. Some accounts indicate Tesla caused the accident by spooking the horse.
1862: Tesla Family Moves To Gospić
Tesla's home and the "Real Gymnasium" (far right) in Gospić. Tesla's father receives appointment as pastor to a church in Gospić where the family moves and Tesla completes "Lower" or "Primary" School and then attends "Lower Real Gymnasium" or "Normal School" followed then by the "Real Gymnasium."
1856: Tesla's Birth
July 10th, 1856: Tesla's Birth Oldest known photo (1933) of Tesla's birthplace in Smiljan, Croatia. Tesla was born "at the stroke of midnight" with lightning striking during a summer storm. He was born to a Serbian family in Smiljan near Gospić, Lika, (the Military Frontier of Austria-Hungary, now in Croatia). The midwife commented, "He'll be a child of the storm," to which his mother replied, "No, of light." Tesla was baptized in the Old Slavonic Church rite. His Baptism Certificate reports that he was born on June 28 (Julian calendar; July 10 in the Gregorian calendar) 1856, and christened by the Serbian orthodox priest, Toma Oklobdžija
