1877 in France

none 1877 Events from the year 1877 in France. Incumbents President: Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta President of the Council of Ministers: until 17 May: Jules Simon 17 May-23 November: Albert, 4th duc de Broglie 23 November-13 December: Gaëtan de Rochebouët starting 13 December: Jules Armand Dufaure Events 16 May – Constitutional crisis which ultimately seals the defeat of the royalist movement. 14 October – Legislative election held. 28 October – Legislative election held. 'Yablochkov candles' (a form of arc lamp) are first used commercially in the 'Marengo hall' of the department store Galeries du Louvre in Paris.Desmond Kevin 2015 Gustave Trouve: French Electrical Genius (1839-1902) McFarland Literature Augustine Tuillerie - Le Tour de la France par deux enfants Jules Verne Les Indes noires Hector Servadac Émile Zola - L'Assommoir Births January to March 29 January – Georges Catroux, military officer and diplomat (died 1969) 17 February – André Maginot, politician, advocate of the Maginot Line (died 1932) 19 February – Louis Aubert, composer (died 1968) 21 February – Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, Catholic theologian (died 1964) 28 February – André Simon, wine merchant, gourmet and writer (died 1970) 21 March – Maurice Farman, motor racing driver, aviator, aircraft manufacturer and designer (died 1964) 29 March – Jules Boucherit, violinist and teacher (died 1962) April to June 15 April – Jules Basdevant, law professor (died 1968) 26 May – Jean Schlumberger, writer and journalist (died 1968) 31 May – Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion, née Renaudot, astronomer (died 1962) 14 June – Jane Bathori, opera singer (died 1970) July to December 4 July – Jacques Bacot, explorer and Tibetologist (died 1965) 5 July – Georges Saillard, actor (died 1967) 6 July – Arnaud Massy, golfer (died 1950) 8 July – René Navarre, actor (died 1968) 19 July – Cécile Brunschvicg, politician (died 1946) 18 November – Jules Isaac, historian (died 1963) 13 December – Edmond Locard, pioneer in forensic science (died 1966) Deaths 31 March – Antoine Augustin Cournot, economist, philosopher and mathematician (born 1801) 9 April – Pierre Louis Alphée Cazenave, dermatologist (born 1795) 26 April – Louise Bertin, composer (born 1805)Macdonald Hugh Bertin, Louise(-Angélique) http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.02913 Oxford Index Oxford University Press 10 October 2018 en 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.02913 2001 28 June – Jacques-Maurice De Saint Palais, Archbishop of Indianapolis (born 1811) 3 September – Adolphe Thiers, politician, historian and Prime Minister of France (born 1797) 23 September – Urbain Le Verrier, mathematician (born 1811) 16 October – Théodore Barrière, dramatist (born 1823) 26 December Aristide Boucicaut, creator of Le Bon Marché department stores (born 1810) Jean-Jacques Meyer, steam locomotive engineer (born 1805) 31 December – Gustave Courbet, painter (born 1819) References 1877 France France Category:1870s in France Category:Years of the 19th century in France