Montgolfier brothers demonstrate hot-air balloon flight

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Category

Invention

Place

France

Date

1783

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"The first successful hot-air balloon flight was made in June 1783 in a vessel invented by the brothers Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier, scions of a wealthy paper-making family from France." [1001 Days]

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