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John D. Rockefeller & Nikola Tesla

Did John D. Rockefeller and Nikola Tesla live at the same time?

Yes. John D. Rockefeller and Nikola Tesla lived at the same time for 81 years, from 1856 to 1937.[1][2][3][4]

John D. Rockefeller · Nikola Tesla · Born in 1839 · Born in 1856

John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
1839–1937
Business & Industry
Standard Oil tycoon, among the richest Americans in history
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla
1856–1943
Science & Invention
AC electricity, visionary inventor
18391943
John D. Rockefeller
Nikola Tesla
John D. Rockefeller
Business & Industry
Born in Richford
Died in Ormond Beach
Nikola Tesla
Science & Invention
Born in Smiljan
Died in New York City

World Events During Their Overlap

1859 Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
1861 American Civil War begins
1865 Abolition of slavery in the United States
1869 Suez Canal opens
1871 Unification of Germany
1876 Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone
1884 Berlin Conference partitions Africa
1893 New Zealand becomes first country to grant women's suffrage
1896 First modern Olympic Games in Athens
1898 Spanish-American War
1903 Wright brothers achieve powered flight
1905 Einstein publishes theory of special relativity
1912 Sinking of the Titanic
1914 World War I begins
1917 Russian Revolution
1918 World War I ends; Spanish flu pandemic begins
1919 Treaty of Versailles signed
1920 League of Nations established
1928 Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
1929 Wall Street Crash; Great Depression begins
1933 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
1936 Spanish Civil War begins

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Sources

  1. John D. Rockefeller — Wikipedia
  2. John D. Rockefeller (Q160278) — Wikidata
  3. Nikola Tesla — Wikipedia
  4. Nikola Tesla (Q9036) — Wikidata