March 8: Raymonde de Laroche of France becomes the world's first woman to earn a pilot's license.[13] August 29: Marthe Niel of France becomes the world's second woman to earn a pilot's license.[13] September 3: Hélène Dutrieu of Belgium is the first woman in the world to fly with a passenger.[1] November 8 : Marie Marvingt of France becomes the world's third woman to earn a pilot's license.[13] November 25: Hélène Dutrieu becomes the first Belgian woman and the fourth worldwide to earn a pilot's license.[13] December 7 : Jeanne Herveu of France becomes the world's fifth woman to earn a pilot's license.[13] Hilda Hewlett of England is the first woman to co-found a flight school.