who invented or discovered electricity and when?

Answer 1

The ancient Greeks and Parthians knew of static electricity from rubbing objects against fur. Though scientific exploration into the phenomenon began during the European Renaissance, electricity was known only as a curiosity and a party trick until more substantial discoveries were made in the late 18th to mid 19th century.

Though Benjamin Franklin's famous "invention" of electricity by flying a kite in a thunderstorm turned out to be more fiction than fact, his theories on the relationship between lightning and static electricity sparked the interest of later scientists whose work provided the basis for modern electrical technology. Most notably these include Michael Faraday (1791–1867), Luigi Galvani (1737–1798), Alessandro Volta (1745-1827), André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836), and Georg Simon Ohm (1789-1854). The late 19th and early 20th century produced such giants of electrical engineering as Nikola Tesla, Samuel Morse, Antonio Meucci, Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, Werner von Siemens, Charles Steinmetz, and Alexander Graham Bell.

Answer 2

Well, no one really "invented" electricity, but you can ask who discovered it. While people have known about the powerful effects of lightning for thousands of years, the first person to discover that lightning was a naturally occuring form of electricity was Benjamin Franklin.

Answer 3

B. Franklin did discover electricity, check out the exact year
on the web.

good luck

Answer 4

probably the caveman who got caught in a thunderstorm and got nailed by lightning. of course he wouldn't have had time to think, "Hey!,I just discovered electricity"

of course I could be wrong and it was Al Gore. he needed electricity so he could invent the internet

Answer 5

As early as the fourth century B.C., Plato noted that a yellow substance then known as elektron attracted lightweight objects when rubbed against a piece of fur. That phenomenon is what we call static electricity. (This material is now known as amber, and it has been shown to be the fossilized resin from pine trees.)

Answer 6

Electricity is a natural phenomenon, it was never invented.

Answer 7

Michael Faraday.

Answer 8

Nobody, it was always there but never harnessed, think of lodestone (magnetic rock) that can induce electricity.
Think of lightening, masses of electricity that has been there since day one.

Answer 9

the greeks worked with electricity but they never figured out how and why it works. that actually made batteries to electrify gold onto metal for coins but they never understood how it worked

Answer 10

traces found in China over 2000 years so it was around before it was utilised but who ever discovered its ability i really dont know and have never ever known