Hans Christian Ørsted

Hans Christian Ørsted was a Danish physicist and chemist who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields, which was the first connection found between electricity and magnetism. Oersted's law and the oersted unit (Oe) are named after him.

14 August 1777

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Born in the same month (August 1777): Francis I of the Two Sicilies • Hyacinth (Bichurin)