Historical clue formulations

• They can help you see or taste — 2021-08-01
• Readers, e.g. — 2020-12-25
• Spectacles — 2005-01-18
• Theme of this puzzle — 2000-04-11
• They're found beside temples — 1998-01-03
• Specs — 1996-08-15
• Spectacles — 1995-02-18