Jacques Balmat

Events

1

Episodes

2

Years

1760–1786

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Jacques Balmat, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. First Ascent of Mont Blanc

   1760–1786

   Role: climber, first ascendant of Mont Blanc

   1. 11760 · Chamonix (locality named in the passage; no allowed place matches)Saussure's Chamonix observations

      From 1760, Swiss naturalist Horace-Bénédict de Saussure traveled to Chamonix to observe Mont Blanc; the passages do not state a direct causal chain to the ascent.

   2. 28 August 1786 · Mont Blanc summitFirst recorded ascent of Mont Blanc

      Jacques Balmat and Dr. Michel-Gabriel Paccard made the first recorded ascent of Mont Blanc on 8 August 1786, a climb initiated and rewarded by Saussure.

Sources

1. Mont Blanc Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-09