Timeline Friday 2 August 1799

Friday 2 August 1799

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1745 – 1799 Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier (1745-1799) Died 2 August 1799, aged 54 French paper manufacturer who, with his brother Joseph-Michel, invented the hot-air balloon. Their balloon carried the first manned untethered flight over Paris in 1783. The family papermaking business survives today as Canson.
1745 – 1799 Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier (1745-1799) Died 2 August 1799, aged 54 French paper manufacturer who, with his brother Joseph-Michel, invented the hot-air balloon. Their balloon carried the first manned untethered flight over Paris in 1783. The family papermaking business survives today as Canson.