First true flintlock firearms
c.1610 · Event
Marin le Bourgeoys's flintlock combines features of earlier ignition systems; dominant firearm mechanism for the next two centuries.
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Around 1610
- English Civil War (1642)
- Eighty Years' War / Dutch Revolt (1568)
- French Wars of Religion (1562)
- Thirty Years' War (1618)
- Spanish Armada (1588)
- William Shakespeare (1564)
- Edo period (1603)
- Qing dynasty (1644)
- Peace of Westphalia (1648)
- Battle of Sekigahara (1600)