1875 in France
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See also: 1874 in France, other events of 1875, 1876 in France.
Events from the year 1875 in France.
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[edit] Events
- 20 May - Convention du Mètre signed in Paris.
[edit] Arts and Literature
- 3 March - The first performance of Bizet’s Carmen at the Opéra Comique, Paris.
[edit] Births
- 21 February - Jeanne Calment, supercentenarian and the oldest living person ever documented in history (d.1997).
- 7 March - Maurice Ravel, composer and pianist (d.1937).
- 4 April - Pierre Monteux, conductor (d.1964).
- 5 April - Mistinguett, singer (b.1956).
- 27 April - Maurice, 6th duc de Broglie, physicist (d.1960).
- 28 June - Henri Lebesgue, mathematician (d.1941).
[edit] Deaths
- 3 January - Pierre Larousse, grammarian and lexicographer (b.1817).
- 20 January - Jean-François Millet, painter (b.1814).
- 22 February - Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, painter (b.1796).
- 1 March - Tristan Corbière, poet (b.1845).
- 10 May - Gustave Thuret, botanist (b.1817).
- 31 May - Eliphas Levi, occult author and magician (b.1810).
- 3 June - Georges Bizet, composer and pianist (b.1838).
- 25 June - Antoine-Louis Barye, sculptor (b.1796).
- 12 October - Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, sculptor and painter (b.1827).
- 24 October - Jacques Paul Migne, priest, theologian and publisher (b.1800).
