Volta

Alessandro Volta

By griffenclaw

  • Birth

    Volta is born in Como, Italy

  • War of Austrian Succession - Battle of Fontenoy

  • First words are said 4 years after birth

  • Louis Antoine circumnavigates the world with first female to do so.

  • Publishes first paper on electricity

    Was titled De vi attractiva ignis electrici

  • Appointed as professor of physics at the Royal School in Como

  • Designs the electrophorus which produces static electricity

  • Discovers flamable gas while visiting a nearby swamp.

  • Isolates and discovers methane gas

  • Period: to

    Appointed as Professor of Physics at the University of Pavia

  • Proved that frogs did not produce their own type of electricity

    placed a coin in the frog's mouth and aluminum foil on its tongue, making the leg twitch.

  • Marries his wife, Teresa Peregrini

  • Napoleon Bonaparte becomes First Consul of France

  • Invents the voltaic pile

  • Made a count by Napolon Bonaparte

  • Volta prize is created by Napoleon Bonaparte in honour of Volta's acheivements

  • Retires from science

  • Silent Night is composed by Franz Gruber

  • Death

    Volta dies in Como at 82

  • The unit of volts was named after Volta

  • Russo-Persian War - Russia takes Eastern Armenia