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          The brothers were born into a family of successful paper manufacturers in Annonay, in the Ardèche, France.

        1. The brothers were born into a family of successful paper manufacturers in Annonay, in the Ardèche, France.
        2. Montgolfier brothers in The first manned hot-air balloon was designed by the Montgolfier brothers and manned by the Marquis d'Arlandes.
        3. Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, born on 26 Aug , and his younger brother Jacques Étienne Montgolfier, born five years later on 6 Jan , were from a family.
        4. This is the story of how their mechanical interest in printing presses and bicycles led them towards finding solutions to the conundrum of flight.
        5. Then, in , the invention of the hot-air balloon by the Montgolfier brothers in France allowed humans to ascend into the sky for the first time.

          6. Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, born on 26 Aug , and his younger brother Jacques Étienne Montgolfier, born five years later on 6 Jan , were from a family..

          Montgolfier brothers

          French inventors

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          For the crater, see Montgolfier (crater).For other people named Montgolfier, see Montgolfier (surname).

          The Montgolfier brothers

          Joseph-Michel (left) and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, late 18th century

          BornJoseph-Michel: (1740-08-26)26 August 1740, Annonay, Ardèche, France
          Jacques-Étienne: (1745-01-06)6 January 1745, Annonay, Ardèche, France
          DiedJoseph-Michel: 26 June 1810(1810-06-26) (aged 69), Balaruc-les-Bains, France
          Jacques-Étienne: 2 August 1799(1799-08-02) (aged 54), Serrières, France
          Occupation(s)Inventors, balloonists, paper manufacturers
          Known forMaking the first confirmed human flight, in a Montgolfière-style hot air balloon

          The Montgolfier brothers – Joseph-Michel Montgolfier (French:[ʒozɛfmiʃɛlmɔ̃ɡɔlfje]; 26 August 1740 – 26 June 1810)[1] and Jacques-Étienne Mont