March 19, 1742

Jean-François Boyvin de Bonnetot, Marquis de Bacqueville (1688 – Paris, 7 October 1760), was a French inventor from Bacqueville-en-Caux.

On March 19, 1742, he flew in a glider over the river Seine. Jean-Jacques Rousseau observed and recorded the event in his biographical book.[1][2][3] He equipped himself with wings and attempted to fly off the roof of the hotel. He briefly hovered 300 meters above the Seine before falling into a barge and breaking his leg.

Boyvin died in 1760 in a house fire in Paris.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Biographie Normande - Les Marquis de Bacqueville Google Books - Revue de la Normandie: littérature, sciences, beaux-arts, histoire - Volume 9
  2. ↑ The Dream of Flying Avrosys
  3. ↑ MARQUIS DE BACQUEVILLE à PHINÉAS TAYLOR BARNUM Les Hommes de L´aventure
  4. ↑ Paris, France, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1555–1929
  5. ↑ Cook, Malcolm (2 June 2015). Bernardin de St Pierre, 'Voyage en Normandie' (in French). MHRA. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-78188-186-6. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
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