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1709
1709, August 8 Brazilian Portuguese priest Bartolomeu de Gusmão made a presentation of a Hot air balloons balloon in Lisbon in front of King John V. -
1782
In the Age of Enlightenment, it finally happened. Joseph and
Etienne Montgolfier, born in Ardeche in France, began to try with lighter-than-air flight in 1782 using a piece of fabric billowed aloft by a fire of wool and damp straw. -
1784
1784 Blanchard uses a hand-powered propeller in a balloon, making this the first recorded use of propulsion on a flying machine. -
1783
1783, the Montgolfier Brothers launch their next hot air balloon but this time with passengers: sheep, duck, and rooster. -
1783
1783, Montgolfier Brothers made first tethered balloon flight with human -
1783
On September 19th 1783 Pilatre De Rozier made the first flight in an air balloon. -
1785
1785, January 7 Blanchard and s John Jeffries make the first flight across the English Channel in a hydrogen balloon. -
1785
1785, June 15 : the first aeronautical deaths happen. Pilâtre de Rozier and Pierre Jules Romain die when their balloon crashes when they attempt to cross the English Channel.