Pilâtre de Rozier, Jean-François

30. March 1754 – 15. June 1785

A French aviation pioneer and the pilot of the first manned flight in history.

In 1785 Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier took off in his balloon to fly over the English Channel to England. The undertaking failed soon after Pilâtre de Rozier started and he was killed when the balloon crashed. His grave is located in Wimille near Wimereux.

Traveljournal 1814

Paris–Dover, 18–21 August 1814

Fischer, Johann Conrad: Tagebücher. Bearbeitet von Karl Schib. Schaffhausen 1951.

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Cite as: Pilâtre de Rozier, Jean-François. In: Travel Reports of a Pioneer: Digital Edition of the Travel Journals of Johann Conrad Fischer 1794–1851. Published by Franziska Eggimann. Edited by Franziska Eggimann, Nicolau Lutz, Valerija Rukavina und Christopher Zoller-Blundell. Schlatt 2023, Version 1.2, https://johannconradfischer.com/en/names/gfa-actors-7496, viewed on 4 April 2026.

[[title]] — Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (portrait by André Pujos, c. 1783)