What year was electricty discovered?

Answer 1

Hydroelectricity is electricity produced by harnessing the power of flowing water to make energy. Though water power had been used for a number of mechanical tasks since ancient times, it wasn't until 1878 that the world's first hydroelectric power system was introduced.

Answer 2

Ancient Greeks discovered static electricity in 600 B.C. Thomas Browne was the first to use the word electricity. Benjamin Franklin did experiments to prove that lightning was electricity.

Answer 3

Electricity was not "discovered" in a single year; rather, it has been studied and reasoned about by scientists for centuries. Benjamin Franklin's famous kite experiment in 1752 is often cited as an important event in the study of electricity.