Historical Figure
Joseph-Michel Montgolfier
b. 1740
18th-century French inventors
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Birth
1740 August 26, 1740 →Biography
The Montgolfier brothers – Joseph-Michel Montgolfier and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier – were aviation pioneers, balloonists and paper manufacturers from the commune Annonay in Ardèche, France. They invented the Montgolfière-style hot air balloon, globe aérostatique, which launched the first confirmed piloted ascent by humans in 1783, carrying Jacques-Étienne.
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1740
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