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Jan 1, 1214
Roger Bacon
Roger Bacon was an English monk in the 13th century, he developed the gunpowder into making it more explosive. With the improved gunpowder the rocket could fly faster and farther. -
Jan 1, 1232
Chinese rocketry of the thirtenth century
In 1232 the Chinese fought with the Mongolians in the battle of Kai-Fung-Fu, and this is the first know time that the rocket was used a weapon, which was a tube with a top and gunpowder inside of them. -
Jan 1, 1300
Jean Froissart
In the 1300s Jean Froissart helped evolutionize the flying of rockets, and found that the rockets could be shot more accuratly through the end of a tube. With this thought he helped make the modern bazooka. -
Jan 1, 1379
Rochetta
The word Rochetta was first used in this year by and Italian named Muratori, it was used to describe gunpowder propelled firey arrows and is believed to be the english translated word for rocket. -
Jan 1, 1500
The Step Rocket
During the 1500s Johann Schmidlap created the step rocket which allowed the rockets to fly higher in the air. Still at this time rockets were still fireworks. -
Peter the Great
In 1680, Peter the Great established the first rocket factory in Russia. It was originally located in Moscow. The rocket factory provided the Russian Army with battlefield illumination rockets. -
Sir Issac Newton
When Sir Isaac Newton published "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica" which detailed what became known as the "Universal Laws Of Motion" could and probably is the most important thing in science today. -
Issac Newton
Newton's Third Law Of Motion was demonstrated successfully in 1720 when Jacob Willem Gravesande built a model of a car propelled by an internal steam engine. -
William Congreve
May 20 William Congreve was born. Congreve was known for his rocketry in the 18th century, he introduced rocketry to Europe after many years of neglect. He greatly encouraged rocketry that the early Eurpeans expiramented with. -
Rockets shot by Indian troops
Two of the rockets fired by Indian troops in 1792 are on display at the Royal Artillery Museum in London. One of these rockets is made up of an iron case 10 inches long by 2.3 inches wide. It is connected to a metal sword that is 40 inches long. -
Congreve Rockets
In 1806, more than 2,000 Congreve rockets were fired against the city of Boulonge. The rockets stunned the French so bad that they did not fire one shot back. -
Henry Trengouse
In 1807 we also saw one of the first peaceful uses of a Congreve-type rocket when Englishman Henry Trengrouse introduced the practice of fastening a light cord to a small rocket, then launching the rocket over a ship in distress. -
Copenhagen
In 1807, Copenhagen was severely damaged by fires caused by the launching of 25,000 Congreve rockets. These rockets were fired against the island of Aix in the same year. -
Robert Goddard
Robert Goddard is known as the father of rocketry, he is known to be the father of rocketry because he made great finds in how rockets work and how to make them better, like he was the first person to make a rocket fly with liquid fue. -
Endevor
The last time Endevor was flown was on this date, from the time it was authorized construction in 1987 to may 16, 2011 it marked the final launch of the rocket.
