# Canonical recap data for First Manned Hot-Air Balloon Flight (1783)
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slug: montgolfier-balloon-flight
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1783/montgolfier-balloon-flight"
title: First Manned Hot-Air Balloon Flight
subtitle: The Montgolfier brothers' November demonstration in Paris proved humans could escape Earth's surface, igniting the age of aviation and exploration.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1783-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1783
decade: 1780
country:
name: France
slug: france
summaryShort: The First Macedonian War was fought by Rome, allied with the Aetolian League and Attalus I of Pergamon, against Philip V of Macedon, contemporaneously with the Second Punic War against Carthage. There were no decisive engagements, and the war ended in a stalemate.
summaryLong: The First Macedonian War was fought by Rome, allied with the Aetolian League and Attalus I of Pergamon, against Philip V of Macedon, contemporaneously with the Second Punic War against Carthage. There were no decisive engagements, and the war ended in a stalemate.
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "First Macedonian War"
importance: 79
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Macedonian_War"
  title: First Macedonian War
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- tech-launch
metaDescription: "The First Macedonian War was fought by Rome, allied with the Aetolian League and Attalus I of Pergamon, against Philip V of Macedon, contemporaneously with the "
wikidataQid: Q75626
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260422235055/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Macedonian_War"
  capturedAt: 2026-04-22
  label: First Macedonian War
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Macedonian_War"
