jan 1, 1800 - The first battery is created.

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Alessandro Volta, an Italian physicist, was the creator of the first battery that could store electricity. With his invention, he denied the previously stated theory, that electricity could be produced by living organisms. The creation of the battery was a major development: its creation allowed people to store electricity to use it in their experiments/devices.
Source: The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. “Alessandro Volta.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 24 May 2019, www.britannica.com/biography/Alessandro-Volta.

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