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Royal Navy powder horn with engraving. Carved German powder horn, c1700. A powder horn is a container for gunpowder, and was generally created from cow, ox, or buffalo horn. The term may also be used for any personal container for gunpowder, although powder flask is the strictly correct term.
100 killed. ~200 wounded. The site of the Battle of Alamance, including red flags, to the right, marking militia positions and an 1880 commemorative monument, in the distance, to the far left. The Battle of Alamance, which took place on May 16, 1771, was the final confrontation of the Regulator Movement, a rebellion in colonial North Carolina ...
Timeline of the gunpowder age. This is a timeline of the history of gunpowder and related topics such as weapons, warfare, and industrial applications. The timeline covers the history of gunpowder from the first hints of its origin as a Taoist alchemical product in China until its replacement by smokeless powder in the late 19th century (from ...
Decorated powder horns became the norm, but few were as intricate as this one decorated by Benjamin Marcum, one of the owner's ancestors. It featured soldiers, a mermaid and even a warning to ...
History of Virginia. Prior to the arrival of the English colonists at Jamestown in the Colony of Virginia in 1607, the area that became Williamsburg was largely wooded, and well within the territory of the Native American group known as the Powhatan Confederacy. In the early colonial period, navigable rivers were the equivalent of modern highways.
History of colonialism. Extent of colonization by European, American, Ottoman, and Japanese powers, 1492-1991. Map of the year each country achieved independence. The historical phenomenon of colonization is one that stretches around the globe and across time. Ancient and medieval colonialism was practiced by the Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans ...
Gorget in a full suit of armour. In the High Middle Ages, when mail was the primary form of metal body armour used in Western Europe, the mail coif protected the neck and lower face. In this period, the term gorget seemingly referred to textile (padded) protection for the neck, often worn over mail. As more plate armour appeared to supplement ...
Military history of Africa. The military history of Africa is one of the oldest military histories in the world. Africa is a continent of many regions with diverse populations speaking hundreds of different languages and practicing an array of cultures and religions. These differences have also been the source of much conflict since a millennia ...