Before the year 1500 the most important event in the history of optics was the invention of the mirror. (500 bc)
The telescope was invented by Galileo in Venice
The law of refraction was discovered by Willebord Snell
The phenomenon of diffraction was observed by Francesco Maria Grimaldi
A powerful wave theory of light was proposed by Christian Huygens
The wave theory of light was revivied by Thomas Young
He discovered that plane of polaritation could be alerted by magnetic fields.
He did a brilliant unification of optics and electromagnetism
The ether became increasengly problematic.
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