World History 1800

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About the history of the world in 1800 Italian physicist Alessandro Volta makes the first electric battery.

TWO CENTURIES OF WORLD HISTORY: 1778-1978

1800

An Italian physicist, Alessandro Volta, made the first electric battery of zinc and copper plates. The following year it was demonstrated to Napoleon, who made him a count.


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