1875 in France

Events from the year 1875 in France.

Decades:

Incumbents

5 January â The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated as the home of the Paris Opera
3 March â The first performance of Bizet's Carmen at the OpÃ©ra Comique, Paris, 3 months before the composer's death.
20 May â Convention du MÃ¨tre signed in Paris.
CizeâBolozon viaduct opens to rail traffic across the Ain.
Gallium is discovered by Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran.^[1]
The Flammarion publishing firm is founded in Paris.

17 February â Fanny Clar, journalist and writer (died 1944)
21 February â Jeanne Calment, supercentenarian and the oldest living person ever documented in history (died 1997)
7 March â Maurice Ravel, composer and pianist (died 1937)
27 March â CÃ©cile Vogt-Mugnier, neurologist (died 1962)
4 April â Pierre Monteux, conductor (died 1964)
5 April â Mistinguett, singer (born 1956)
27 April â Maurice, 6th duc de Broglie, physicist (died 1960)
28 June â Henri Lebesgue, mathematician (died 1941)
31 July â Jacques Villon, painter and printmaker (died 1963)
6 August â Marcel Labey, conductor and composer (died 1968)
27 September â ClÃ©o de MÃ©rode, dancer (died 1966)