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Jacques Alexandre Bixio
Jacques Alexandre Bixio (20 November 1808 – 16 December 1865) was a French doctor, balloonist, and politician of Italian origin.
Bxio was born in Chiavari, Italy, and published a number of works relating to agriculture. He was the first minister of agriculture and commerce for Napoleon III of France, but is better remember as a scientific balloonist.
On 29 June 1850, at 10.27 A.M., Bixio and Jean Augustin Barral made the first of two balloon ascents from the Paris Observatory in a
- 11 May 1848 – 28 June 1848 : Ferdinand Flocon
- 28 June 1848 – 20 December 1848 : Charles Gilbert Tourret
- 20 December 1848 – 29 December 1848 : Jacques Alexandre Bixio
- 9 December 1848 – 2 June 1849 : Louis Joseph Buffet
- 2 June 1849 – 31 October 1849 : Victor Ambroise LanJuneais
- 31 October 1849 – 9 January 1851 : Jean-Baptiste Dumas
- 9 January 1851 – 24 January 1851 : Louis Bernard Bonjean
- 24 January 1851 – 10 April 1851 :