- 1875 in France
"See also:"
1874 in France ,
other events of 1875,1876 in France .----
Events from the year
1875 inFrance .Events
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20 May -Convention du Mètre signed inParis .Arts and Literature
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3 March - The first performance ofBizet ’s "Carmen " at theOpéra Comique ,Paris .Births
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21 February -Jeanne Calment , supercentenarian and the oldest living person ever documented in history (d.1997).
*7 March -Maurice Ravel , composer and pianist (d.1937).
*27 March -Cécile Vogt-Mugnier , neurologist (d.1962).
*4 April -Pierre Monteux , conductor (d.1964).
*5 April -Mistinguett , singer (b.1956).
*27 April -Maurice, 6th duc de Broglie , physicist (d.1960).
*28 June -Henri Lebesgue , mathematician (d.1941).
*31 July -Jacques Villon , painter and printmaker (d.1963).
*6 August -Marcel Labey , conductor and composer (d.1968).
*27 September -Cléo de Mérode , dancer (d.1966).Full date unknown
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Maurice Princet ,mathematician andactuary (d.1973).Deaths
January to June
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1 January -Jacques Crétineau-Joly , journalist and historian (b.1803).
*3 January -Pierre Larousse , grammarian and lexicographer (b.1817).
*20 January -Jean-François Millet , painter (b.1814).
*22 February -Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot , painter (b.1796).
*1 March -Tristan Corbière , poet (b.1845).
*5 May -Alexandre Boreau ,pharmacist andbotanist (b.1803).
*10 May -Gustave Thuret , botanist (b.1817).
*31 May -Eliphas Levi , occult author and magician (b.1810).
*3 June -Georges Bizet , composer and pianist (b.1838).
*24 June -Henri Labrouste , architect (b.1801).
*25 June -Antoine-Louis Barye , sculptor (b.1796).July to December
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11 August -Charles Rohault de Fleury , architect (b.1801).
*25 August -Charles Auguste Frossard , general (b.1807).
*12 October -Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux , sculptor and painter (b.1827).
*24 October -Jacques Paul Migne , priest, theologian and publisher (b.1800).
*17 November -Jacques-Marie-Achille Ginoulhiac , Bishop (b.1806).Full date unknown
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Louis Amédée Achard , novelist (b.1814).
*Charles Auguste Désiré Filon ,historian (b.1800).References
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