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Ben Franklin discovered electricity in 1752 with an experiment he created. During a thunderstorm Franklin flew a kite which was struck by lightning, and then collected the charge in a Leyden jar.
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On this day Alessandro Volta used static electricity in inventing the first electric battery.
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Though the exact day is undocumented, in 1822 Michael Farady invented the first successful electric motor.
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The telegraph was developed by Samuel Morse and others in the 1830s and 1840s, and revolutionized the means of modern communication. The exact day of this invention is not recorded.
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Chemist William Grove is credited with the invention of the energy fuel cell in 1839, a cell producing an electrical current.
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American Daniel Halladay invented the windmill as a means to convert wind energy to rotational energy though this machine.
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After testing over 3,000 products, Thomas Edison and his team invented the first light incandescent light bulb.
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In 1882 HJ Rogers built the worlds first hydroelectric dam on the Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin, the first dam to produce electricity.
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In 1901, a power line was built between the borders of Canada and the United States, located at Niagra Falls. This was the first power line the US shared with another country.
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In 1921 a power plant in Wisconsin burned pulverized coal, the first plant to do this.
