Wedding Fireworks, New Year Fireworks, Buy Fireworks, The Fireworkstore: Tag: sparkler Fireworks how they work ================================================================================ suisse on 07 November, 2007 07:02:00 Fireworks have a history going back thousands of years. It is generally believed that they were accidentally discovered by a cook in China using commonly available kitchen ingredients. The ingredients that went into the first fireworks were charcoal, potassium nitrate and sulphur.