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| 1785 | Blanchard, Jean-Pierre 1st Hot Air Balloon |  |
| 7th Jan Calais 1st to pilot a hot-air balloon across the Channel from Dover to Calais |
| 1909 | Bleriot, Louis 1st Flight | |
| English Channel Flies across the Channel in 36 minutes, from Calais to Dover Castle |
| 1872 | Bleriot, Louis Birth | |
| Birth of Louis Bleriot |
| 1936 | Bleriot, Louis Death | |
| Death of Louis Bleriot |
| 1783 | Charles, Jacques 1st Balloon Flight | |
| 1st Dec Mans the 1st manned hydrogen balloon flight |
| 1910 | Cousteau, Jacques Birth | |
| Birth of Jacques Cousteau |
| 1997 | Cousteau, Jacques Death | |
| Death of Jacques Cousteau |
| 1769 | Cugnot, Nicholas-Joseph Invention Steam Tractor | |
| Invents the steam tractor |
| 1908 | Farman, Henri 1st Plane Passenger | |
| 21st Mar Paris Taks the 1st aviation passenger, flies over Paris |
| 1852 | Giffard, Godfrey Invention Airballoon England | |
| 24th Sep Trappes Giffard makes the first powered and controlled flight traveling 27 km from Paris to Trappes |
| 1852 | Giffard, Henri 1st Paris Flight | |
| Paris 1st to fly a steam-powered airship over Paris |
| 1860 | Lenoir, Jean Etienne Invention Gas Engine | |
| Builds a gas fuelled internal-combustion engine |
| 1896 | Levasor, Emile Invention Automobile | |
| Places the engine in the front of the car |
| 1896 | Panhard, Rene Invention Automobile | |
| Places the engine in the front of the car |
| 1639 | Pascal, Blaise Invention Calculator | |
| Invents a calculating machine |
| 1783 | Rozier, Pilatre de 1st Balloon Flight | |
| Jointly mans the 1st manned ballon flight |
