1875 in France

See also: 1874 in France, other events of 1875, 1876 in France.

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Events from the year 1875 in France.

Contents 1 Events 2 Arts and literature 3 Births 3.1 Full date unknown 4 Deaths 4.1 January to June 4.2 July to December 4.3 Full date unknown 5 References

Events

• 20 May - Convention du Mètre signed in Paris.

Arts and literature

• 3 March - The first performance of Bizet’s Carmen at the Opéra Comique, Paris.

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).
• 27 March - Cécile Vogt-Mugnier, neurologist (d.1962).
• 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).
• 31 July - Jacques Villon, painter and printmaker (d.1963).
• 6 August - Marcel Labey, conductor and composer (d.1968).
• 27 September - Cléo de Mérode, dancer (d.1966).

Full date unknown

• Maurice Princet, mathematician and actuary (d.1973).

Deaths

January to June

• 1 January - Jacques Crétineau-Joly, journalist and historian (b.1803).
• 3 January - Pierre Larousse, grammarian and lexicographer (b.1817).
• 10 January – Anton Melbye, Danish painter (born 1818)
• 20 January - Jean-François Millet, painter (b.1814).
• 22 February - Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, painter (b.1796).
• 1 March - Tristan Corbière, poet (b.1845).
• 5 May - Alexandre Boreau, pharmacist and botanist (b.1803).
• 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).
• 24 June - Henri Labrouste, architect (b.1801).
• 25 June - Antoine-Louis Barye, sculptor (b.1796).

July to December

• 11 August - Charles Rohault de Fleury, architect (b.1801).
• 25 August - Charles Auguste Frossard, general (b.1807).
• 12 October - Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, sculptor and painter (b.1827).
• 24 October - Jacques Paul Migne, priest, theologian and publisher (b.1800).
• 17 November - Jacques-Marie-Achille Ginoulhiac, Bishop (b.1806).

Full date unknown

• Louis Amédée Achard, novelist (b.1814).
• Charles Auguste Désiré Filon, historian (b.1800).

References