First tightrope walk over Niagara Falls

According to Official Guinness Records,

The greatest 19th century tightrope walker, Jean Francois Gravelet, alias Charles Blondin (1824 -1897), of France, made the earliest crossing of the Niagara Falls on a 76mm 3in rope 335m 1,100ft long and 47.75m 160ft above the Falls on 30 June 1859.

For a complete list of 1859 records, please visit 1859 Guinness Records in United States.

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