Timeline of electromagnetism and classical optics

Timeline of electromagnetism and classical optics lists, within the history of electromagnetism, the associated theories, technology, and events.

Detail of the right-hand facade fresco, showing Thales of Miletus , National and Kapodistrian University of Athens .
Girolamo Cardano , De subtilitate
Chart of the International Morse code letters and numerals.
Albert Einstein in the patent office , Bern Switzerland, 1905