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1877 in France
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other events of 1878
,
1879 in France
.
Events from the year
1878
in
France
.
Events
1 May
-
Exposition Universelle
opened in
Paris
.
10 November
- Exposition Universelle closed.
Births
January to June
5 February
-
Jean Becquerel
, physicist (d.
1953
).
5 February
-
André Citroën
, automobile pioneer (d.
1935
).
28 February
-
Pierre Fatou
, mathematician (d.
1929
).
2 April
-
Émilie Charmy
, artist (d.
1974
).
17 April
-
Albert Canet
, tennis player.
26 May
-
Charles Burguet
, film director (d.
1946
).
28 May
-
Paul Pelliot
, sinologist and explorer (d.
1945
).
July to December
16 August
-
Léon Binoche
, rugby union player (d.
1962
).
2 September
-
Maurice René Fréchet
,
mathematician
(d.
1973
).
15 October
-
Paul Reynaud
, politician and lawyer (d.
1966
).
17 October
-
Henri Mulet
,
organist
and
composer
(d.
1967
).
14 November
-
Julie Manet
, painter and art collector (d.
1966
).
23 November
-
André Caplet
, composer and conductor (d.
1925
).
Full date unknown
René Baudichon
, sculptor and medallist (d.
1963
).
Georges Garnier
, soccer player (d.
1936
).
Deaths
7 January
-
François-Vincent Raspail
,
chemist
,
physiologist
and
socialist
(b.
1794
).
8 January
-
Charles Cousin-Montauban, Comte de Palikao
, general and statesman (b.
1796
).
18 January
-
Antoine César Becquerel
, scientist (b.
1788
).
19 January
-
Henri Victor Regnault
, chemist and physicist (b.
1810
).
11 February
-
Auguste Poulet-Malassis
,
printer
and
publisher
(b.
1825
).
19 February
-
Charles-François Daubigny
, painter (b.
1817
).
6 May
-
François Benoist
,
composer
and
organist
(b.
1794
).
6 June
-
Achille Baraguey d'Hilliers
,
Marshal of France
and politician (b.
1795
).
2 September
-
Garcin de Tassy
, orientalist (b.
1794
).
11 October
-
Félix Dupanloup
,
Bishop of Orléans
(b.
1802
).
31 October
-
Louis-Antoine Garnier-Pagès
, politician (b.
1803
).
8 November
-
Joseph-Epiphane Darras
, historian (b.
1825
).
Full date unknown
Eugène Belgrand
, engineer (b.
1810
).
Antoine Laurent Dantan
, sculptor (b.
1798
).
Amédée Fauré
, painter (b.
1801
).
Louis Léonard de Loménie
, author (b.
1815
).
Nicolas Remy Maire
, bow maker (b.
1800
).
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