Historedia
Person

Alessandro Volta

Events
2
Episodes
3
Years
1800–1827

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Alessandro Volta, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Description of the Voltaic Pile

    1800

    Role: Inventor and author of the letter describing the voltaic pile

    1. 1800 · Volta's laboratory work, location not specified in sourcesConstruction of the voltaic pile

      Volta stacked alternating copper or silver and zinc discs separated by brine-soaked cloth or cardboard to increase electromotive force.

    2. 20 March 1800 · Royal Society, London, United KingdomVolta describes the voltaic pile to the Royal Society

      Volta wrote to the London Royal Society on 20 March 1800 describing how his device produced electric current.

  2. Georg Ohm publishes Die galvanische Kette, mathematisch bearbeitet

    1827

    Role: Inventor of the electrochemical cell used in Ohm's earlier research (background context)

    1. 1827 · BerlinPublication of Die galvanische Kette

      Georg Ohm published his treatise in Berlin in 1827, presenting his complete theory of electricity and the mathematical relationship between voltage and current.

Sources

  1. Voltaic pile Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-29
  2. Alessandro Volta Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-14
  3. Georg Ohm Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-29