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At approximately this date Williiam Gilbert finds methods to study static electricity.
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Benjamin Franklin, sing a key and a kite, displayed lightning electricity.
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Michael Faraday discovered electromagnetic induction in this year.
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Dry cell batteries invented in France by G. Leclanche.
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Alexander Graham Bell and his assistant Thomas watson exchange the first-ever succesful transmission by telephone. The first sentence ever spoken over the telephone was said by Bell who said "Watson come; I need you."
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Thomas Alva Edison patents light bulb.
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Russlell Ohl introduces and patents the invention of the solar panls.
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The Sputnik 1 was launched on this date and gave off the strogest radio signal the world had seen.
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The first robot was invented this year.