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Montgolfier brothers
Joseph-Michel Montgolfier and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier were the inventors of the montgolfière-style hot air balloon, globe aérostatique. The brothers succeeded in launching the first manned ascent, carrying Étienne into the sky...
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1782
12.14.1782
The Montgolfier brothers' first balloon lifts off on its first test flight.
1783
6.4.1783
The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their ''montgolfière'' (hot air balloon).
10.15.1783
The Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon marks the first human ascent, by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, (tethered balloon).