History of Electrical Engineering

Events

William Gilbert coins the word electricus

1600

Ewald George von Kleist & Pieter van Mussinchenbroek invent the Leyden Jar

1745

Benjamin Franklin conducts his famous flying kite experiemnt to prove lightning was electrical

1752

Alessandro Volta invents the battery

1800

Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone

1876

Edison patents the first light bulb

1879

Kenjiro Takayanagi work on and invents modern televison

1924 - 1928

Jack Kilby creates the first integrated circuit

1958

The electronic calculator was invented

1963