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When did gunpowder reach Europe?
I believe it was discovered very very early in China, but when did gunpowder start being used in weapons in Europe?
I've been told 1400's but I thought it was after the Treaty of Westphalia which was in the 1600's.
2 Answers
- ?Lv 710 years agoFavourite answer
Primitive cannon were used on the battlefields of Europe since the first half of the fourteenth century - so gunpowder must have arrived around 1300..
Stop Press - I was wrong. Roger Bacon (an English monk) described the composition of gunpowder in a work written in 1216, and canon were used in battle in Spain at least as early as 1248.
- Anonymous5 years ago
The recipe for gunpowder come from China to Europe by utilising the commerce path. as quickly as in Europe, human beings like Roger 1st Baron Verulam more advantageous the formula adequate to used as weapon as a substitute of mere smoke bombs.
