Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta ( 18 February 1745 â `` 5 March 1827 ) was a Lombard physicist known especially for the development of the first electrical cell in 1800 . He was born in Como in Lombardy , Italy . Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta ( Como 18 February 1745 -- Como 5 March 1827 ) was an Italian physicist known especially for the invention of the battery in 1800 .