In Paris, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent, marquis d'Arlandes, make the first untethered hot air balloon flight (flight time: 25 minutes, Maximum height: 100m, distance: 9 km).

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1812

U.S. President James Madison enacted a ninety-day embargo on trade with the United Kingdom.