The world’s first recorded parachute jump occurred from 3,300 feet (1,000 m) above Paris.
The parachutist, André-Jacques Garnerin, was a student of one of the earliest hot-air ballooning pioneers. He was the first person to make a parachute jump and the inventor of parachutes. Garnerin ascended using a hot air balloon, cut his connection to the balloon, and descended in the basket using his prototype parachute.