1877 in France
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Events from the year 1877 in France.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta
- President of the Council of Ministers:
- until 17 May: Jules Simon
- 17 May-23 November: Albert, 4th duc de Broglie
- 23 November-13 December: Gaëtan de Rochebouët
- starting 13 December: Jules Armand Dufaure
Events
[edit]- 16 May – Constitutional crisis which ultimately seals the defeat of the royalist movement.
- 14 October – Legislative election held.
- 28 October – Legislative election held.
- 'Yablochkov candles' (a form of arc lamp) are first used commercially in the 'Marengo hall' of the department store Galeries du Louvre in Paris.[1]
Births
[edit]January to March
[edit]- 29 January – Georges Catroux, military officer and diplomat (died 1969)
- 17 February – André Maginot, politician, advocate of the Maginot Line (died 1932)
- 19 February – Louis Aubert, composer (died 1968)
- 21 February – Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, Catholic theologian (died 1964)
- 28 February – André Simon, wine merchant, gourmet and writer (died 1970)
- 21 March – Maurice Farman, motor racing driver, aviator, aircraft manufacturer and designer (died 1964)
- 29 March – Jules Boucherit, violinist and teacher (died 1962)
April to June
[edit]- 15 April – Jules Basdevant, law professor (died 1968)
- 26 May – Jean Schlumberger, writer and journalist (died 1968)
- 31 May – Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion, née Renaudot, astronomer (died 1962)
- 14 June – Jane Bathori, opera singer (died 1970)
July to December
[edit]- 4 July – Jacques Bacot, explorer and Tibetologist (died 1965)
- 5 July – Georges Saillard, actor (died 1967)
- 6 July – Arnaud Massy, golfer (died 1950)
- 8 July – René Navarre, actor (died 1968)
- 19 July – Cécile Brunschvicg, politician (died 1946)
- 18 November – Jules Isaac, historian (died 1963)
- 13 December – Edmond Locard, pioneer in forensic science (died 1966)
Deaths
[edit]- 31 March – Antoine Augustin Cournot, economist, philosopher and mathematician (born 1801)
- 9 April – Pierre Louis Alphée Cazenave, dermatologist (born 1795)
- 26 April – Louise Bertin, composer (born 1805)[2]
- 28 June – Jacques-Maurice De Saint Palais, Archbishop of Indianapolis (born 1811)
- 3 September – Adolphe Thiers, politician, historian and Prime Minister of France (born 1797)
- 23 September – Urbain Le Verrier, mathematician (born 1811)
- 16 October – Théodore Barrière, dramatist (born 1823)
- 26 December
- Aristide Boucicaut, creator of Le Bon Marché department stores (born 1810)
- Jean-Jacques Meyer, steam locomotive engineer (born 1805)
- 31 December – Gustave Courbet, painter (born 1819)
References
[edit]- ^ Desmond, Kevin (2015). Gustave Trouve: French Electrical Genius (1839-1902). McFarland.
- ^ Macdonald, Hugh (2001). "Bertin, Louise(-Angélique)". Oxford Index. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.02913. Retrieved 10 October 2018.