Do u know the lighter is invented before the match? yeah, its hard to believe.Actually the first match was invented in 1826 by a man named John Walker, but the first actual lighter was invented in 1823 by a German chemist named Johann Wolfgang Dobereiner. Though.Though Walker’s matches weren’t very reliable.It managed to develop by a man named Charles Sauria (France) until 5 years & there used white phosphorus.The first invented lighter worked by a reaction of hydrogen to platinum sponge that gave off a large amount of heat.