APPENDIX-F

Chronology of FIRST BALLOON FLIGHTS
in country, by date


Date Country Pilot Nationality
? 1731 RUSSIA, Petersburg KRIAKUTNOI, D. RUS
21 Nov.1783 FRANCE, Paris ROZIER/Arlandes FRA
25 Feb.1784 ITALY, Milan ANDREANI, Paolo ITA
18 May 1784 MEXICO, Jalapa (un) ALFARO, Jose M. MEX
7 Jul. 1784 AUSTRIA, Vienna STUVER, J.G. OUS
25 Aug.1784 ENGLAND, London TYTLER, James ENG
24 Jun.1784 USA Baltimore MD WARREN, Edward USA
Mar. 1785 CHILE, Concepcion (un) PENROSE, La FRA
11 Mar.1785 SWITZERLAND, Basel BLANCHARD, J.P. FRA
12 Jul. 1785 NETHERLANDS, Hague BLANCHARD, J.P. FRA
12 Jul. 1785 LUXEMBOURG MIOLAN/Janinet LUX
3 Oct. 1785 GERMANY, Frankfurt BLANCHARD, J.P. FRA
20 Nov.1785 BELGIUM, Ghent BLANCHARD, J.P. FRA
1785 POLAND, Warsaw BLANCHARD, J.P. FRA
1789 CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Prague BLANCHARD, J.P. FRA
8 Jan. 1793 SPAIN, Madrid LUNARDI, Vincent ITA
24 Aug.1794 PORTUGAL, Lisbon LUNARDI, Vincent ITA
1800 RUSSIA, (un) (TF) LEPPIG, RUS
11 Oct.1802 TURKEY, Constantinople DeVIGNES/Dalmat ENG
3 Jan. 1804 RUSSIA, Leipeg (verified) ROBERTSON, Etien. FRA
1805 SWEDEN, Stockholm ROBERTSON, Etien. FRA
1806 DENMARK, Copehnagen ROBERTSON, Etien. FRA
30 May1830 CUBA, Havana ROBERTSON, Eugene FRA
1830 ALGERIA (TF) MARGAT, Jean FRA
12 Feb.1835 MEXICO, City (verified) ROBERTSON, Eugene FRA
1835 INDIA, Calcutta ROBERTSON, Dim. FRA
10 Aug.1840 CANADA, Montreal LAURIENT, Louis CAN
Sep. 1841 CHILE, Valparaiso PAULLIN, William USA
1842 PERU, Lima PAULLIN, William USA
1843 HAITI, Port-au-Prince PAULLIN, William USA
27 Oct.1844 COLUMBIA, Bogota FLORES, Lose M. MEX
2 Mar.1858 AUSTRALIA, Melbourne BROWN/ Dean AUS
1864 ARGENTINA, unverified unknown (??)ARG
1867 BRAZIL (TF) ALLEN, J.& E. USA
24 May1869 ARGENTINA, Buenos Aires BARAILLE, ARG
1870 BRAZIL, Para (FF) SOUZA, Julio BRA
22 Nov1870 NORWAY, Lornas ROLLIER, Paul FRA
Apr. 1876 JAPAN, Tokyo (TF) BABA, Shimpachi JAP
1882 EGYPT (TF) TEMPLAR, J.L. ENG
1884 BECHUANLAND (TF) TEMPLAR, J.L. ENG
1885 SUDAN, (TF) WOOLSEY, Lord ENG
1888 ETHIOPIA, Abyssine (TF) GODARD, Louis FRA
14 Nov 1888 CORSICA, Appieto CAPAZZA, Henri FRA
1889 NEW Zealand, Duneden BALDWIN, T.S. USA
Jul.1890 Indonesia, Surabaya SPENCER, Perival ENG
Aug.1890 CHINA, Tonkin SPENCER, Per. ENG
Oct. 1890 JAPAN SPENCER, Per. ENG
1 Mar. 1895 MADAGASCAR (TF) RENARD, Paul FRA
30 Oct. 1899 SOUTH Africa, Mafeking (TF) PHILLIPS G.E. ENG
13 Oct. 1901 ALGERIA VAULX, Henri FRA
25 Dec 1907 URUGUAY, Chorroilos ANCHORENA, Aaron ARG
5 May 1909 GREENLAND, Gothaab STOLBERG, August GER
1911 HUNGARY, MENNER GER

NOTE: The following pilots claimed other unverified flights: WELLS, Rufus; SPENCER, Percival;
BALDWIN, T.S.; SPELTERINI, Ed. (FF)= Free Flight; (TF)= Tethered Flight; (SM)= Smoke Balloon;



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