Energy Timeline By Francisco Sanchez May 4, 1701 Coal was discovered Coal was discovered near Richmond, Virginia Jun 16, 1752 Benjamin franklin discovers electricity Aug 27, 1859 first person to drill for oil Sep 25, 1882 This was the first hydroelectric power. May 15, 1890 Electricity replace natural gas Apr 10, 1900 The first windmills were developed in Persia for pumping water and grinding grain. Oct 12, 1904 The first dry steam geothermal power plant was built in Laderello in Tuscany, Italy. Feb 23, 1944 This was the first nuclear plant that had the nuclear reactor. Aug 9, 1945 atomic bomb invented Feb 25, 1953 soalr energy first starting Feb 27, 1970 U.S. residential demand for natural gas grew fifty times.
