1586
Yes.
in 1774
Yes.
He invented it by accident when flying a kite in a thunderstorm
for protection
Benjamin Franklin duhhh!!
Ben Franklin
yes
Yes he did.
Ben Franklin invented the lighting rod and helped start the Philadelphia fire department.
Klebervaldo Chattanooga Patropherson, in Niamey, Niger in the November of the year 1879.
Inventions of Benjamin Franklin included a lightening rod.