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