Historedia
Person

Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier

Events
3
Episodes
6
Years
1783–1785

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, 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 Untethered Hot Air Balloon Flight

    1783

    Role: pilot and pioneer of aviation; French chemistry and physics teacher

    1. 1783 · French royal courtRoyal permission for the first pilots

      Louis XVI first assigned two condemned criminals to the flight, but was persuaded to let de Rozier and d'Arlandes become the first pilots.

    2. from June 1783 until the 21 November 1783 flight · Paris and VersaillesTethered tests and balloon precedents

      Tethered tests preceded the free flight; the June 1783 public demonstration and the September Versailles animal flight prepared the way.

    3. 21 November 1783 · Garden of the Château de la Muette, Bois de BoulogneFirst untethered hot air balloon flight

      De Rozier and d'Arlandes flew a Montgolfier hot air balloon from the Château de la Muette garden on 21 November 1783, before the king.

  2. Robert Brothers' Long-Distance Balloon Flight

    1783

    Role: Balloonist in the first tethered and free manned flights

    1. around October 1783 · Reveillon workshop yard, Faubourg Saint-AntoineFirst tethered manned balloon flight

      Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier made the first balloon flight with humans aboard, a tethered ascent from the Reveillon workshop yard, on or around 15 October 1783.

    2. 21 November 1783 · ParisFirst free flight with human passengers

      On 21 November 1783 Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes performed the first free flight with human passengers, in a balloon created by the Montgolfier brothers.

  3. Rozier and Romain Balloon Crash

    1785

    Role: Aviator

    1. 15 June 1785 · Pas-de-CalaisFatal Balloon Crash

      De Rozier and Romain died on 15 June 1785 when their balloon caught fire, deflated, and crashed near Wimereux.

Sources

  1. Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-04
  2. Hot air balloon Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-26