Energy use in the US By ashtonanderson Mar 2, 1660 Otto von Guericke discovered static electricity Jun 2, 1752 Benjamin Franklin conducted expirements with electricity using a key and a kite electricity Mar 2, 1791 Luigi Galvani discovered bioelectricity Mar 2, 1821 Michael Faraday invented the electric motor Mar 2, 1827 Georg Ohm analysed the electrical circuit Mar 2, 1831 Samuel Morse invented the electrical telegraph Mar 2, 1835 thomas davenport built an electric car Mar 2, 1861 James Clerk Maxwell linked to electricity and magnetism Mar 2, 1876 Thomas Edison invented the phonograph Mar 2, 1878 Charles Brush invented street lights