What year was gunpowder invented?

Answer 1

Gunpowder is a material used in weapons. It was first used in Asia and then reached Europe in the 1200s. Europeans mounted cannons on their ships, making it much more safer to travel great distances.

Answer 2

This was around when the West was interacting with the East, and gunpowder weapons of more improvised sorts were seen around in the early 1300s.

The first gunpowder weapons used en-masse were cannon, as they could shoot directly at defences very effectively (a different tactic to trebuchets and catapults shooting OVER defences).

Later on, there are developments of personal gunpowder weapons, literally starting with "hand-cannons" which used exactly the same crude mechanisms but on a much smaller and more wieldable scale.

We then begin to see matchlock harquebuses, and matchlock muskets, using a trigger that pushed a lever forward that had a match rope attached to light the gunpowder.

After that we see the flintlock, which would do the ignition with a flint and steel into the pan, rather than relying on a match rope to stay lit the entire time until firing.

Answer 3

The gunpowder, which is referred to the black powder, is one of the Four Great Inventions of ancient China. It was invented during the late Tang Dynasty, around 900 CE.

Answer 4

5th November 1605

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Answer 5

Widespread use of smokeless gunpowder, which was perfected in the late 1880s, hastened ammunition industry growth.

Answer 6

Near the year 800.