The American Revolution was the first wave of the Atlantic Revolutions: the French Revolution, the Haitian Revolution, and the Latin American wars of independence. Aftershocks reached Ireland in the Irish Rebellion of 1798, in the PolishâLithuanian Commonwealth, and in the Netherlands.
A reconstruction of Homo erectus, the earliest human species that is known to have controlled fire (reconstruction shown in WestfÃ¤lisches Landesmuseum, Herne, Germany, in a 2006 exhibition)
The firearm was originally invented in China during the 13th century AD, after the Chinese invented gunpowder during the 9th century AD. These inventions were later transmitted to the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. The world's first firearm in history was the fire lance, the prototype of the gun.The fire lance was invented in China during the 10th century and it is the predecessor of all firearms.he world's first self-loading firearm is the Maxim gun, developed by British inventor Sir Hiram Maxim in 1884, capable of firing 600 rounds per minute but requires a team of men to maintain and is not portable by one man. The Maxim gun has been used in a vast number of conflicts.