5 î.Hr. The first known cataract surgery. It was made in India by a surgeon named Susruta.
1000 Crystal lenses with exceptional optical qualities dated in the Viking period, lenses which in many ways exceed in
quality those created today.Read more…
1200 The first glasses are created.Read more about the history of glasses…
1508 Leonardo da Vinci describes how optical errors can be corrected with contact lenses.
1745 The first modern cataract surgery takes place, in which opacified lens is completely removed.
Read more about the history of cataract operations …
1887 The first glass contact lens covering the whole eye is created.
1948 The first plastic contact lenses that covered only the cornea are created.
1967 The American ophthalmologist Charles Kelman performs the first cataract surgery with Phaco.
1988 Excimer laser is used for the first time in refractive surgery.
