The death of Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier in 1785 when his hot air balloon crashed near Wimereux, Pas-de-Calais, France during an attempt to fly across the English Channel.
The death of Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier in 1785 when his hot air balloon crashed near Wimereux, Pas-de-Calais, France during an attempt to fly across the English Channel. From Les Merveilles de la Science, published
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