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.
Births
- 22 January - Francis Picabia, painter and poet (died 1953).
- 4 February - Jacques Copeau, journalist, actor, playwright, director, teacher (died 1949).
- 23 March - René Jeannel, entomologist (died 1965).
- 20 April - Paul Poiret, fashion designer (died 1944).
- 5 June - René Pottier, cyclist, winner of 1906 Tour de France (died 1907).
- 1 July - Léon Jouhaux, trade union leader who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1951 (died 1954).
- 13 July - Eugène Freyssinet, structural and civil engineer (died 1962).
- 11 September - Louis Coatalen, automobile engineer (died 1962).
- 23 September - Charles Camoin, painter (died 1965).
- 21 October - Joseph Canteloube, composer (died 1957).
- 17 December - Jean-Marie Charles Abrial, Admiral and Minister (died 1962).
- 31 December - Joseph Darnand, Bishop (died 1962).
Deaths
- 10 February - Honoré Daumier, printmaker, caricaturist, painter and sculptor (born 1808).
- 25 February - Jean-Baptiste Glaire, Roman Catholic priest and Hebrew and Biblical scholar (born 1798).
- 2 March - Jules Bastide, publicist (born 1800).
- 30 March - Thomas Couture, painter and teacher (born 1815).
- 20 May - Pierre-Jules Mêne, sculptor (born 1810).
- 29 May - Pierre Adolphe Piorry, physician (born 1794).
- 1 June - Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial, only child of Emperor Napoleon III of France and his Empress consort Eugénie de Montijo (born 1856).
- 26 August - Charles Marie Edouard Chassaignac, physician (born 1805).
- 6 September - Amédée de Noé, caricaturist and lithographer (born 1818).
- 17 September - Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, architect and theorist (born 1814).
- 12 November - Jean-Charles Chenu, physician and naturalist (born 1808).
- 18 November
- 19 November - Jean-Joseph Gaume, Roman Catholic theologian and author (born 1802).
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