1879 in France

1879 in France

"See also:"
1878 in France,
other events of 1879,
1880 in France.

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Events from the year 1879 in France.

Events

*1 June - Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial (Napoléon IV), great-nephew of Napoléon Bonaparte, Bonapartist Pretender to the throne, died in Africa during the Anglo-Zulu War.
*Ferdinand Cheval begins to build his "Palais Idéal" in France.

Births

*22 January - Francis Picabia, painter and poet (d.1953).
*23 March - René Jeannel, entomologist (d.1965).
*20 April - Paul Poiret, fashion designer (d.1944).
*5 June - René Pottier, cyclist, winner of 1906 Tour de France (d.1907).
*1 July - Léon Jouhaux, trade union leader who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1951 (d.1954).
*13 July - Eugène Freyssinet, structural and civil engineer (d.1962).
*11 September - Louis Coatalen, automobile engineer (d.1962).
*21 October - Joseph Canteloube, composer (d.1957).
*17 December - Jean-Marie Charles Abrial, Admiral and Minister (d.1962).
*31 December - Joseph Darnand, Bishop (d.1962).

Full date unknown

*Charles Camoin, painter (d.1965).

Deaths

*10 February - Honoré Daumier, printmaker, caricaturist, painter and sculptor (b.1808).
*25 February - Jean-Baptiste Glaire, Roman Catholic priest and Hebrew and Biblical scholar (b.1798).
*2 March - Jules Bastide, publicist (b.1800).
*30 March - Thomas Couture, painter and teacher (b.1815).
*1 June - Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial, only child of Emperor Napoleon III of France and his Empress consort Eugénie de Montijo (b.1856).
*6 September - Amédée de Noé, caricaturist and lithographer (b.1818).
*17 September - Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, architect and theorist (b.1814).
*12 November - Jean-Charles Chenu, physician and naturalist (b.1808).
*18 November - Michel Chevalier, engineer, statesman and economist (b.1806).
*18 November - André Giroux, photographer and painter (b.1801).

Full date unknown

*Jean Étienne Bercé, entomologist (b.1803).
*Charles Marie Edouard Chassaignac, physician (b.1805).
*Jean-Joseph Gaume, Roman Catholic theologian and author (b.1802).
*Pierre-Jules Mêne, sculptor (b.1810).
*Pierre Adolphe Piorry, physician (b.1794).

References


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