1878 in France
Events from the year 1878 in France.
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Incumbents
Events
- 1 May–10 November – Exposition Universelle in Paris; the head of the Statue of Liberty is a principal exhibit.
- May – Chemins de fer de l'État formed to take over ten small railway companies operating between the Loire and Garonne.
Births
January to June
- 5 February – Jean Becquerel, physicist (died 1953)
- 5 February – André Citroën, automobile pioneer (died 1935)
- 21 February – Mirra Alfassa, spiritual leader (died 1973)
- 28 February – Pierre Fatou, mathematician (died 1929)
- 24 March – René Baudichon, sculptor and medallist (died 1963)
- 2 April – Émilie Charmy, artist (died 1974)[2]
- 17 April – Albert Canet, tennis player
- 3 May – Jean Chiappe, civil servant (died 1940)
- 26 May – Charles Burguet, film director (died 1946)
- 28 May – Paul Pelliot, sinologist and explorer (died 1945)
- 8 June – Yvonne Prévost, tennis player (died 1942)[3]
July to December
- 22 July – Lucien Febvre, social historian (died 1956)
- 16 August – Léon Binoche, rugby union player (died 1962)
- 2 September – Maurice René Fréchet, mathematician (died 1973)
- 15 October – Paul Reynaud, politician and lawyer (died 1966)
- 17 October – Henri Mulet, organist and composer (died 1967)
- 14 November – Julie Manet, painter and art collector (died 1966)
- 23 November – André Caplet, composer and conductor (died 1925)
Full date unknown
- Georges Garnier, soccer player (died 1936)
Deaths
- 7 January – François-Vincent Raspail, chemist, physiologist and socialist (born 1794)
- 8 January – Charles Cousin-Montauban, Comte de Palikao, general and statesman (born 1796)
- 18 January – Antoine César Becquerel, scientist (born 1788)
- 19 January – Henri Victor Regnault, chemist and physicist (born 1810)
- 11 February – Auguste Poulet-Malassis, printer and publisher (born 1825)
- 19 February – Charles-François Daubigny, painter (born 1817)
- 2 April – Louis Léonard de Loménie, author (born 1815)
- 8 April – Eugène Belgrand, engineer (born 1810)
- 6 May – François Benoist, composer and organist (born 1794)
- 25 May – Antoine Laurent Dantan, sculptor (born 1798)
- 6 June – Achille Baraguey d'Hilliers, Marshal of France and politician (born 1795)
- 12 June - George V of Hanover, German monarch of kingdom Hannover (born 1819)
- 2 September – Garcin de Tassy, orientalist (born 1794)
- 11 October – Félix Dupanloup, Bishop of Orléans (born 1802)
- 31 October – Louis-Antoine Garnier-Pagès, politician (born 1803)
- 8 November – Joseph-Epiphane Darras, historian (born 1825)
Full date unknown
- Amédée Faure, painter (born 1801)
- Nicolas Rémy Maire, bow maker (born 1800)
References
- Tucker, Spencer C. (2009). A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East [6 volumes]: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East. ABC-CLIO. p. 1384. ISBN 9781851096725.
- "Charmy, Emilie, 1878-1974". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- "Olympedia – Yvonne Prévost". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
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