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The Great Magnet, the Earth
http://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/earthmag/demagint.htm
Commemorating the 400th anniversary of "De Magnete" by William Gilbert of Colchester.
Sketches of the History of Electromagnetics
http://history.hyperjeff.net/electromagnetism
Timeline of classical electromagnetism, including essays on main milestones in optics, magnetism, and electricity for the period of 300BC and up to the 20th century.
History
http://maxwell.byu.edu/~spencerr/phys442/node4.html
A time line of the development of electromagnetism from 900 BC to 1905.
Historical Beginnings of Theories of Electricity and Magnetism
http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/E&M_Hist.html
A lecture from professor Michael Fowler at U of Virginia. Long and detailed.