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Dec 12, 1232
Pre 17th Century 1
The first recorded use of rockets was against the mongolians, Reports of fire arrows that exploded on impact.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rockets
http://www.allempires.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31221 -
Period: Oct 18, 1299 to
Rocketry Dates
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Feb 28, 1453
Pre 17th Century 2
Ottomans used rockets in the siege of Constantinople
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rockets
http://www.grandhistorian.com/chinesesiegewarfare/siegeweapons-earlyrockets.html -
17th and 18th Century 2
Indian Hyder Ally formed a rockeeter regiment of 1200 men.
http://www.spaceline.org/history/2.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_India -
17th and 18th Century 1
2 Rockets fired by Indian Military were estimated to be shot during the year of 1792
http://www.spaceline.org/history/2.html
http://www.spaceline.org/history/2.html -
19th Century Rockets 3
British Officers begin to study Indian Rockets and refine them with more gundpowder.
http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/space/lectures/lec01.html
http://amhistory.si.edu/starspangledbanner/baltimore-in-the-balance.aspx -
19th Century Rockets 2
25 hour barrage of rockets were fired against fort henry by british. Mentioned in the United States Anthem "Rockets red glare."
http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/space/lectures/lec01.html
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread133015/pg1 -
19th Century 1
By 1870 American and British inventors were making congreve rockets, which could carry a line 1000 feet
http://history.msfc.nasa.gov/rocketry/tl3.html -
20th Century Rockets 1
Rocket designed by Winkler and associates explodes
http://www.russianspaceweb.com/chronology_XX.html
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2840274/unmanned-cygnus-rocket-explodes-on-launch.html -
20th Century Rockets 2
Luna-1 is launched (is the first rocket to escape Earth's orbit"
http://www.russianspaceweb.com/chronology_XX.html
http://thisdayintechhistory.com/01/02/luna-1-launch/ -
20th Century Rockets 3
John Glenn completes first man controlled orbital space flight.
http://www.russianspaceweb.com/chronology_XX.html
http://content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2107193,00.html -
20th Century Rockets 4
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20th Century Rockets 5
Neil Armstrong walks on the moon, showing that America will forever be the dominant country on this earth. eagle caw
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/apollo11.html
http://zap2it.com/2012/08/neil-armstrong-dead-first-man-on-the-moon-passes-away-at-82/ -
21st Century Rockets 1
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21st Century Rockets 2
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21st Century Rockets 3
