when was the first gun invented...does any1 know??

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also, wht kind was it??

Answer 1

The actual individual inventor of gun powder could have been a Chinese alchemist known as Sun-Sy-Miao. It wasn't until the year 904, that there was documentation of an approximate recipe for gun powder by a man from China named Siui-Tung. They used gun powder in their celebrations and military victory parties and as an incendiary device that could be mounted on arrows to start fires. In the year 1067, production of gun powder was put under the control of the Emperor of China.

Gun powder was described in a book called Liber Ignum which means "Book of Fires" around the year 1225. In the year 1248 an English monk named Roger Bacon published a formula for gunpowder.

Roger Bacon was known to have experimented with gunpowder in Europe between 1240 and 1270. Two of the three main ingredients of gun powder were known as "Chinese Salt" and "Chinese Snow", lending convincing credence to the notion that gun powder was invented in China. Today, we know the three ingredients of gunpowder as saltpeter, sulphur and charcoal.

It was recorded that in the year 1259, the city of Melilla defended itself against attack with a cannon.

Evidence has shown that the first guns began appearing around the year 1280. The original inventor was either never recorded or has since been lost in time.

In 1326 A.D., there was a decree in Florence, Italy for men to make iron bullets and cannon. Other documents from 1326 mention payments for gun powder, shot and cannon.

In 1345 A.D. there were British records for the repairs of guns that fired both arrows and pellets. One year later in 1346, records have been found of a shipment of guns from London, England to France.

The first mention of the term "Handgonne" (handgun) came in 1388. Before that, they were known as "Hand Cannons", and were "set off" by hot coals or burning embers. Quite likely, the first gun was known as a hand cannon.

So to recap what we know, the first gun was probably invented around the year 1280 and the inventor is not known, but may well have been a man from China, but possibly Europe.

Nobody knows exactly what the first gun invented looks like, but it was more than likely a wooden pole, with a metal tube attached to it. Below is an example of a gun made in the late 1300's, but this is not the first gun made. A photo of the first gun made would be virtually impossible to find.
nice question

Answer 2

Nobody is completely certain about the origin and inventor of the very first firearm.

The inventor of the very first firearm was never recorded, or the record has been lost. The year the firearm was first invented was not recorded either and is also not conclusively known.

It was so long ago, that comprehensive records were not made or kept. It is possible that if there were any records made of the inventor, they may have been lost or destroyed.

There are only a few things that we have to go on and here they are:

The actual individual inventor of gun powder could have been a Chinese alchemist known as Sun-Sy-Miao. It wasn't until the year 904, that there was documentation of an approximate recipe for gun powder by a man from China named Siui-Tung. They used gun powder in their celebrations and military victory parties and as an incendiary device that could be mounted on arrows to start fires. In the year 1067, production of gun powder was put under the control of the Emperor of China.

Gun powder was described in a book called Liber Ignum which means "Book of Fires" around the year 1225. In the year 1248 an English monk named Roger Bacon published a formula for gunpowder.

Roger Bacon was known to have experimented with gunpowder in Europe between 1240 and 1270. Two of the three main ingredients of gun powder were known as "Chinese Salt" and "Chinese Snow", lending convincing credence to the notion that gun powder was invented in China. Today, we know the three ingredients of gunpowder as saltpeter, sulphur and charcoal.

It was recorded that in the year 1259, the city of Melilla defended itself against attack with a cannon.

Evidence has shown that the first guns began appearing around the year 1280. The original inventor was either never recorded or has since been lost in time.

In 1326 A.D., there was a decree in Florence, Italy for men to make iron bullets and cannon. Other documents from 1326 mention payments for gun powder, shot and cannon.

In 1345 A.D. there were British records for the repairs of guns that fired both arrows and pellets. One year later in 1346, records have been found of a shipment of guns from London, England to France.

The first mention of the term "Handgonne" (handgun) came in 1388. Before that, they were known as "Hand Cannons", and were "set off" by hot coals or burning embers. Quite likely, the first gun was known as a hand cannon.

So to recap what we know, the first gun was probably invented around the year 1280 and the inventor is not known, but may well have been a man from China, but possibly Europe.

Nobody knows exactly what the first gun invented looks like, but it was more than likely a wooden pole, with a metal tube attached to it. Below is an example of a gun made in the late 1300's, but this is not the first gun made. A photo of the first gun made would be virtually impossible to find.

Answer 3

The first device to launch an object, for purposes or warfare or hunting, was the sling. It was probably used by cavemen. Then the bow and arrow followed shortly after that. Before Christ, let's put it that way.