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1754 – 1785Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (1754-1785)Died 15 June 1785, aged 31Pilâtre de Rozier was a French chemistry and physics teacher who in 1783 became one of the first humans to fly, piloting a Montgolfier hot air balloon. He died near Wimereux when his hybrid hydrogen-and-hot-air balloon caught fire during an attempt to cross the English Channel from France to England. His death is regarded as the first fatal accident in the history of aviation.