1876 in France

Events from the year 1876 in France.

Events

• 20 February - Legislative Election held.
• 5 March - Legislative Election held.

Births

• 4 March - Léon-Paul Fargue, poet and essayist (died 1947).
• 5 March - Édouard Belin, photographic inventor (died 1963).
• 4 April - Maurice de Vlaminck, painter, printmaker and author (died 1958).
• 22 April - Pierre Albert-Birot, author (died 1967).
• 29 April - Paul Antoine Aristide Montel, mathematician (died 1975).
• 27 May - René Guyon, jurist (died 1963).
• 22 June - Madeleine Vionnet, fashion designer (died 1975).
• 24 June - Henri Marchal, archaeologist (died 1970).
• 12 July - Max Jacob, poet, painter, writer, and critic (died 1944).
• 16 October - Gaston Thubé, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1974).
• 19 November - Louis de Fleurac, athlete and Olympic medallist (died 1965).

Deaths

January to June

• 26 January - Frédérick Lemaître, actor and playwright (born 1800).
• 13 February - Gabriel Andral, pathologist (born 1797).
• 18 February - Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart, botanist (born 1801).
• 5 March - Marie d'Agoult, author, pen name Daniel Stern (born 1805).
• 9 March - Louise Colet, poet (born 1810).
• 24 May - Alphonse de Cailleux, painter and arts administrator (born 1788).
• 30 April - Antoine Jérôme Balard, chemist and discoverer of bromine (born 1802).
• 30 April - Jean-Rémy Bessieux, founder of Roman Catholic mission in Gabon and first Bishop there (born 1803).
• 12 May - Louis-Auguste Bisson, photographer (born 1814).
• 6 June - Auguste Casimir-Perier, diplomat (born 1811).

July to December

• 27 August - Eugène Fromentin, painter and writer (born 1820).
• 29 August - Félicien-César David, composer (born 1810).
• August - Etienne-Paulin Gagne, poet, essayist, lawyer, politician, inventor, and eccentric (born 1808).
• 10 October - Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, geologist and meteorologist (born 1814).
• 10 October - Hyacinthe de Valroger, Roman Catholic priest and Oratorian (born 1814).

References

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