International Exposition of Electricity, Paris

The International Electricity Exhibition in 1881, often First International Electricity Exhibition, held in Paris from 15 August 1881 to November 15, 1881 at the Palais de l'Industrie (including the Palais de l'Industrie et des Beaux -arts ) held on the Champs -Elysees, also the scene of previous world Expos was. In particular, the previous World Expo Paris 1878 gave the motivation to dedicate an exhibition of electrical engineering, called Exposition internationale d' Electricité.

Parallel convened the First International Electricity Congress, also Electrotechnical Congress called, in August 1881 in Paris.

At the exhibition the industry from the UK, the U.S., Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and France involved. Among other things, the first dynamo was shown Zénobe autographs, Thomas Alva Edison presented the just patented light bulbs, the stereophonic Théâtrophone was demonstrated in a hall, Werner von Siemens set up a first electric tram, Alexander Graham Bell was the first commercial telephone, a electric distribution of Marcel Deprez was shown, and Gustave Trouvé demonstrated his experimental electric car, which is considered the first day. The mass of Firsts generated a huge buzz, so a number of International Exhibitions electricity was subsequently aligned in other countries.