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Death, the Montgolfier company. Both brothers were freemasons in Les Neuf Soeurs lodge in Paris. In 1799, Etienne de Montgolfier died on the way from Lyon to Annonay.
27 de mar. de 2024 · Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier (respectively, born Aug. 26, 1740, Annonay, France—died June 26, 1810, Balaruc-les-Bains; born Jan. 6, 1745, Annonay, France—died Aug. 2, 1799, enroute from Lyon to Annonay) were French brothers who were pioneer developers of the hot-air balloon and who conducted the first untethered ...
The device, invented by French brothers Joseph-Michael and Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, allowed humans for the first time to view the world from a bird’s perspective and helped inspire subsequent interest in the developing field of aviation.
Montgolfier Brothers, namely Joseph-Michel Montgolfier (1740 - 1810) and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier (1745 - 1799) were the inventors of the first hot air balloon that safely carried people into the sky and back to earth. They were children of Pierre Montgolfier, paper manufacturer in Annonay, France, and Anne Duret who had sixteen children.
De Rozier and his passenger, Pierre-Jules Romain, died within minutes of the ensuing crash, becoming the first balloon fatalities. Despite this tragic failure, de Rozier’s invention eventually succeeded in the ultimate transglobal balloon voyage two centuries later.
The Montgolfier brothers, Joseph-Michel (August 26, 1740-June 26, 1810) and Jacques Etienne (January 6, 1745 - August 2, 1799), launched the air age when they flew a hot air balloon from the town square of Annonay, France, on June 4, 1783.
Died: Aug. 2, 1799, enroute from Lyon to Annonay. Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, miniature on ivory, late 18th century; in the Musée Carnavalet, Paris. (more)
