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  • 600 BCE

    Thales of miletus .

    Sees static electricity between amber and feathers.
  • 400 BCE

    Democritus

    Says that everything is made of atoms.

  • William Gilbert

    First uses the word "electricity".

  • Otto von Guericke

    Invents the first static generator.

  • Francis Hauksbee

    Uses a generator to produce light.

  • Ewald George Von Kleist

    Accidentally invents a store of static electricity in a jar.

  • Benjamin Frankiln

    Suggest that lighting happens because clouds have an electric charge.

  • John Walsh

    Demonstrates a spark form an electric fish.

  • Luigi Galvani

    Shows electricity can make the legs of a dead frog twitch.

  • Alessandro Volta

    Invents the first battery.

  • Hans Christian Oersted

    Discovers that electrical currents produce a magnetic field.

  • Andre-Marie Ampère

    Suggests a link between the size of a current and the size of magnetic fields.

  • William Sturgeon

    Demonstrates the first electromagnet.

  • Joseph Henry

    Builds the first practical electromagnet.

  • Michael Faraday

    Invents the generator.

  • Thomas Edison

    Invents the first practical light bulb.

  • Edison

    Builds the first direct current power plant.

  • Nikola Tesla

    Invents his alternating current electrical supply system.

  • Daryl Chapin, Gerald Pearson and Calvin Fuller

    Invent the first solar cell.