On This Day In History On This Day In History: First Experimental Hydrogen-Filled Balloon Reaches A 900m Altitude – On August 27, 1783 MessageToEagle.com | August 27, 2016 MessageToEagle.com – On August 27, 1783, the first experimental hydrogen-filled balloon leaves Champs de Mars, Paris, unmanned, and reaches a 900m altitude. The balloon had a 13ft (4m) Read More