1876 in France

See also: 1875 in France, other events of 1876, 1877 in France.

Events from the year 1876 in France.

Events

• 20 February - Legislative Election held.
• 5 March - Legislative Election held.

Births

• 4 March - Léon-Paul Fargue, poet and essayist (d.1947).
• 5 March - Édouard Belin, photographic inventor (d.1963).
• 4 April - Maurice de Vlaminck, painter, printmaker and author (d.1958).
• 29 April - Paul Antoine Aristide Montel, mathematician (d.1975).
• 22 June - Madeleine Vionnet, fashion designer (d.1975).
• 12 July - Max Jacob, poet, painter, writer, and critic (d.1944).
• 16 October - Gaston Thubé, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (d.1974).
• 19 November - Louis de Fleurac, athlete and Olympic medallist (d.1965).

Full date unknown

• Pierre Albert-Birot, author (d.1967).
• René Guyon, jurist (d.1963).
• Henri Marchal, archaeologist (d.1970).

Deaths

January to June

• 26 January - Frédérick Lemaître, actor and playwright (b.1800).
• 18 February - Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart, botanist (b.1801).
• 5 March - Marie d'Agoult, author, pen name Daniel Stern (b.1805).
• 9 March - Louise Colet, poet (b.1810).
• 24 May - Alphonse de Cailleux, painter and arts administrator (b.1788).
• 30 April - Antoine Jérôme Balard, chemist and discoverer of bromine (b.1802).
• 30 April - Jean-Rémy Bessieux, founder of Roman Catholic mission in Gabon and first Bishop there (b.1803).
• 6 June - Auguste Casimir-Perier, diplomat (b.1811).

July to December

• 27 August - Eugène Fromentin, painter and writer (b.1820).
• 29 August - Félicien-César David, composer (b.1810).
• August - Etienne-Paulin Gagne, poet, essayist, lawyer, politician, inventor, and eccentric (b.1808).
• 10 October - Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, geologist and meteorologist (b.1814).
• 10 October - Hyacinthe de Valroger, Roman Catholic priest and Oratorian (b.1814).

Full date unknown

• Gabriel Andral, pathologist (b.1797).
• Louis-Auguste Bisson, photographer (b.1814).

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