1878 in France

See also: 1877 in France, other events of 1878, 1879 in France.

Events from the year 1878 in France.

Contents

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
- 3.1 Full date unknown
4 References

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).

References