14th Century - Inventions, Discoveries, Introductions

Inventions, Discoveries, Introductions

  • List of 14th century inventions
  • Music of the Ars nova
  • The technique of knitting
  • Foundation of the University of Cracow
  • Chinese text the Huolongjing by Jiao Yu describes fire lances, fire arrows (rockets), rocket launchers, land mines, naval mines, bombards, cannons, and hollow cast iron cannonballs filled with gunpowder, and their use to set ablaze enemy camps.
  • First pound lock in Europe reportedly built in Vreeswijk, Netherlands in 1373

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