History  
   A time line of the development of electromagnetism from 900 BC to 1905.
   http://maxwell.byu.edu/~spencerr/phys442/node4.html

Historical Beginnings of Theories of Electricity and Magnetism  
   A lecture from professor Michael Fowler at U of Virginia. Long and detailed.
   http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/E&M_Hist.html

Sketches of the History of Electromagnetics  
   Timeline of classical electromagnetism, including optics, magnetism, electricity and their unification.
   http://history.hyperjeff.net/electromagnetism.html

The Great Magnet, the Earth  
   Commemorating the 400th anniversary of "De Magnete" by William Gilbert of Colchester.
   http://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/earthmag/demagint.htm

Alessandro Volta and the electric battery  
   Full text online of a book by Bern Dibner on the invention of the battery and the discovery of electric current.
   http://dibinst.mit.edu/BURNDY/OnlinePubs/Volta/index.html

Tesla Files  
   A brief description of Tesla, his life, and his works.
   http://www.geocities.com/ianspage2002/index.html