1843, Nov. 21Born, Paris, Francecirca186063Graduated, Lycée Bonaparte, Paris, FranceStudied chemistry with P. P. Dehérain, Conservatoire des
Arts et Métiers, Paris, FranceGraduated, the Sorbonne, Paris, France1864Appointed director, Laboratoire d'essai et d'analyse de
l'union nationale, Paris, France1867Published
L'eau. Paris: Hachette1868, Aug.16First balloon flight, with aeronaut Durouf18691870Published with P. P. Dehérain
Traité élémentaire de chimie. Paris:
Hachette18701871Made balloon flights out of Paris with brother Albert
Tissandier during the Franco-Prussian War; the Tissandiers directed aerial
observation for the Army of the Loire in the latter months of the war1871Published
Les merveilles de la photographie. Paris:
Hachette1872Published
Les ballons dirigibles. Paris: DentuMade chevalier of the Legion d'honneur18731897Founder and editor of
La nature1875, Apr. 15Ill-fated flight of the balloon Zenith, aeronauts Gaston Tissandier, Croce-Spinelli, and
Sivel1876Received la grand médaille d'or
from the Société française de navigation aérienne
which he also served as president18781888Published nine editions of
Histoire de mes ascensions. Paris:
Dreyfous1881Exhibited a working model of an electric-powered,
propeller-driven dirigible, L'exposition
d'électricité, Paris, France1883, Oct. 8With his brother, Albert, successfully piloted the first
electric-powered dirigible, La France, designed
and constructed by the Tissandiers1883Published
L'ocean aérien; études météorologiques. Paris:
Masson1885Published
Les ballons dirigible: application de l'électricité à la
navigation aérienne. Paris: Tremblay1887Published
Bibliographie aéronautique. Paris:
Hachette18871890Published
Histoire des ballons et des aéronautes célèbres.
Paris: Launette1889Appointed member of commission for military aviation, French
Ministry of War 1890Appointed member of commission for civil aviation, French
Ministry of the Interior1899, Aug. 30 (?)Died, Paris, FranceFrom the guide to the Tissandier Collection on the History of Aeronautics, 1539-1929, (bulk 1780-1920), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)