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Montgolfier brothers

Montgolfier brothers
Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor, invented the hot air balloon (d. 1810)

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.

26 August 1740

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