Permanent historical factsheet

Magnetic Effect of Electric Current

Denmark · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

1Records
1820Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1820

Hans Christian Oersted21 April 1820

Copenhagen · Science / Physics

Establishes an experimental connection between electricity and magnetism.

Names involved

Hans Christian Oersted

Provenance

This factsheet is generated from stored World History Database records matching the country, broad category, detailed category and exact Event value shown above. Duplicate display records are collapsed; database wording is otherwise preserved. Source provenance varies by record, so formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.