TIL One of the first recorded rocket launchers is the "wasp nest" fire arrow launcher produced by the Ming dynasty in 1380. In Europe, rockets were also used in the same year at the Battle of Chioggia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rockets
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