10 Key Energy Events By Taylor_Page Jan 1, 1660 Otto von Guericke creates a static electricity generator Jan 1, 1729 Stephen Gray dicovers the conduction of electricity. Jan 1, 1745 Georg Von Kleist discovered that electricity was controllable Jan 1, 1752 Ben Franlkin proves that static electricity and lightning were the same Jan 1, 1786 Luigi Galvani demonstrated the eletrical basis the nerve impulse Jan 1, 1800 Alessandro Volta invents the first eletric battery Jan 1, 1835 Thomas Davenport invented the eletric car Jan 1, 1876 Thomas Edison invented the phonograph Jan 1, 1878 Charles F Brush invented the street light Jan 1, 1885 he Edison lighting system was commercially developed
