1879 in France

Events from the year 1879 in France.

Events

1 June - Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial (Napoléon IV), great-nephew of Napoléon Bonaparte, Bonapartist Pretender to the throne, died in Africa during the Anglo-Zulu War.
Ferdinand Cheval begins to build his Palais Idéal in France.

22 January - Francis Picabia, painter and poet (d.1953).
4 February - Jacques Copeau, journalist, actor, playwright, director, teacher (d.1949).
23 March - René Jeannel, entomologist (d.1965).
20 April - Paul Poiret, fashion designer (d.1944).
5 June - René Pottier, cyclist, winner of 1906 Tour de France (d.1907).
1 July - Léon Jouhaux, trade union leader who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1951 (d.1954).
13 July - Eugène Freyssinet, structural and civil engineer (d.1962).
11 September - Louis Coatalen, automobile engineer (d.1962).
21 October - Joseph Canteloube, composer (d.1957).
17 December - Jean-Marie Charles Abrial, Admiral and Minister (d.1962).
31 December - Joseph Darnand, Bishop (d.1962).

10 February - Honoré Daumier, printmaker, caricaturist, painter and sculptor (b.1808).
25 February - Jean-Baptiste Glaire, Roman Catholic priest and Hebrew and Biblical scholar (b.1798).
2 March - Jules Bastide, publicist (b.1800).
30 March - Thomas Couture, painter and teacher (b.1815).
1 June - Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial, only child of Emperor Napoleon III of France and his Empress consort Eugénie de Montijo (b.1856).
6 September - Amédée de Noé, caricaturist and lithographer (b.1818).
17 September - Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, architect and theorist (b.1814).
12 November - Jean-Charles Chenu, physician and naturalist (b.1808).
18 November - Michel Chevalier, engineer, statesman and economist (b.1806).
18 November - André Giroux, photographer and painter (b.1801).