1718CE
Invention
Puckle gun patented
English lawyer James Puckle patents the Puckle gun, one of the earliest forms of the machine gun and a precursor to the revolver.
Daily Chronicle
May 15
2 Historical Records
1859CE
Birth
Pierre Curie born
French physicist Pierre Curie is born in Paris. He would later win the Nobel Prize in Physics alongside his wife Marie for their pioneering work on radioactivity.