1876 in France
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Events from the year 1876 in France.
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Incumbents
- President: Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta
- President of the Council of Ministers:
- until 23 February: Louis Buffet
- 23 February-12 December: Jules Armand Dufaure
- starting 12 December: Jules Simon
Events
- 20 February â Legislative Election held.
- 5 March â Legislative Election was held.
- 10 October â French Workers Congress was held.
Literature
Music
Births
- 3 March â Georges Guillain, neurologist (died 1961)
- 4 March â Léon-Paul Fargue, poet and essayist (died 1947)
- 5 March â Ãdouard Belin, photographic inventor (died 1963)
- 4 April â Maurice de Vlaminck, painter, printmaker and author (died 1958)
- 22 April â Pierre Albert-Birot, author (died 1967)
- 29 April â Paul Antoine Aristide Montel, mathematician (died 1975)
- 27 May â René Guyon, jurist (died 1963)
- 22 June â Madeleine Vionnet, fashion designer (died 1975)
- 24 June â Henri Marchal, archaeologist (died 1970)
- 12 July â Max Jacob, poet, painter, writer, and critic (died 1944)
- 16 October â Gaston Thubé, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1974)
- 19 November â Louis de Fleurac, athlete and Olympic medallist (died 1965)
Deaths
January to June
- 26 January â Frédérick Lemaître, actor and playwright (born 1800)
- 13 February â Gabriel Andral, pathologist (born 1797)
- 18 February â Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart, botanist (born 1801)
- 5 March â Marie d'Agoult, author, pen name Daniel Stern (born 1805)
- 9 March â Louise Colet, poet (born 1810)[1]
- 24 May â Alphonse de Cailleux, painter and arts administrator (born 1788)
- 30 April â Antoine Jérôme Balard, chemist and discoverer of bromine (born 1802)
- 30 April â Jean-Rémy Bessieux, founder of Roman Catholic mission in Gabon and first Bishop there (born 1803)
- 12 May â Louis-Auguste Bisson, photographer (born 1814)
- 6 June â Auguste Casimir-Perier, diplomat (born 1811)
July to December
- 27 August â Eugène Fromentin, painter and writer (born 1820)
- 29 August â Félicien-César David, composer (born 1810)
- August â Etienne-Paulin Gagne, poet, essayist, lawyer, politician, inventor, and eccentric (born 1808)
- 10 October â Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, geologist and meteorologist (born 1814)
- 10 October â Hyacinthe de Valroger, Roman Catholic priest and Oratorian (born 1814)