This document provides a historical overview of important milestones in photochemistry, physics, and biology related to the discovery and understanding of light and its interactions with matter. It begins with the biblical creation story and progresses through early experiments and theories in the 18th-19th centuries to modern developments like lasers, fluorescence tagging, and femtosecond spectroscopy. It also profiles Giacomo Luigi Ciamician, known as the "Father of Modern Molecular Photochemistry", and discusses fundamental photochemistry concepts and instrumentation.