Joseph-Michel Montgolfier vs Louis Antoine de Bougainville
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Compare the life timelines of Joseph-Michel Montgolfier (1740–1810) and Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729–1811) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 70 years, from 1740 to 1810.
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Joseph-Michel Montgolfier (1740–1810)
- — Born in Annonay, Ardèche, France Verified
- — Worked in the family paper manufacturing business Verified
- — Began experiments with lighter-than-air flight Verified
- — First public demonstration of a hot-air balloon at Annonay Verified
- — Balloon flight before the royal court at Versailles carried the first living passengers Verified
- — Montgolfier balloon made the first manned free flight Verified
- — Invented the hydraulic ram pump Verified
- — Elected to the French Academy of Sciences Verified
- — Died at Balaruc-les-Bains, France Verified
Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729–1811)
- — Born in Paris, France Verified
- — Published a treatise on integral calculus Verified
- — Served as aide-de-camp to Montcalm in New France during the Seven Years' War Verified
- — Founded a French settlement in the Falkland Islands Verified
- — Led the first official French circumnavigation of the globe Verified
- — Published Voyage autour du monde Verified
- — Served in the French navy during the American Revolutionary War Verified
- — Made a senator and Count of the Empire under Napoleon Verified
- — Died in Paris Verified