1364 - first recorded use of a firearm
1380 - hand guns are known across Europe
1400's - the matchlock gun appears
1498 - rifling principle is discovered
1509 - invention of wheel lock (rose lock)
1540 - rifling appears in firearms
1607 - settlers arrive in Jamestown, Virginia
1630 - the first true flintlock
1637 - first use of firearms proof-marks
1750-1850 - dueling pistols come into fashion
1776 - American Revolution
1807 - percussion-detonating principle patented
1825 ca. - percussion-cap guns are in general use
1830 - the back action lock appears
1835 - the first Colt revolver
1840 - guns begin to use pin-fire cartridges
1847 - the telegraph is invented
1850 - true shotguns in common use
1854-56 - The Crimean War
1859 - the first full rim-fire cartridge
1860 - Spencer repeating carbine patented
1861 - breech loaded guns in common use
1861-1865 - American Civil War
1862 - the Gatling Gun is invented
1869 - Center-fire cartridge introduced
1870-1871 - The Franco-German War
1871 - first cartridge revolver
1873 - Winchester rifle introduced
1876 - Custer defeated at Little Big Horn
1877 - first effective double-action revolver
1879 - Lee box magazine patented
1892 - advent of automatic handguns
1900 - Historical firearm period concludes
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