1877 in France
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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.[1]
 
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)[2]
 - 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
- ^ Desmond, Kevin (2015). Gustave Trouve: French Electrical Genius (1839-1902). McFarland.
 - ^ Macdonald, Hugh (2001). "Bertin, Louise(-Angélique)". Oxford Index. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.02913. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
 
