1878 in France

"See also:"
1877 in France,
other events of 1878,
1879 in France.

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Events from the year 1878 in France.

Events

*1 May - Exposition Universelle opened in Paris.
*10 November - Exposition Universelle closed.

Births

January to June

*5 February - Jean Becquerel, physicist (d.1953).
*5 February - André Citroën, automobile pioneer (d.1935).
*28 February - Pierre Fatou, mathematician (d.1929).
*2 April - Émilie Charmy, artist (d.1974).
*17 April - Albert Canet, tennis player.
*26 May - Charles Burguet, film director (d.1946).
*28 May - Paul Pelliot, sinologist and explorer (d.1945).

July to December

*16 August - Léon Binoche, rugby union player (d.1962).
*2 September - Maurice René Fréchet, mathematician (d.1973).
*15 October - Paul Reynaud, politician and lawyer (d.1966).
*17 October - Henri Mulet, organist and composer (d.1967).
*14 November - Julie Manet, painter and art collector (d.1966).
*23 November - André Caplet, composer and conductor (d.1925).

Full date unknown

*René Baudichon, sculptor and medallist (d.1963).
*Georges Garnier, soccer player (d.1936).

Deaths

*7 January - François-Vincent Raspail, chemist, physiologist and socialist (b.1794).
*8 January - Charles Cousin-Montauban, Comte de Palikao, general and statesman (b.1796).
*18 January - Antoine César Becquerel, scientist (b.1788).
*19 January - Henri Victor Regnault, chemist and physicist (b.1810).
*11 February - Auguste Poulet-Malassis, printer and publisher (b.1825).
*19 February - Charles-François Daubigny, painter (b.1817).
*6 May - François Benoist, composer and organist (b.1794).
*6 June - Achille Baraguey d'Hilliers, Marshal of France and politician (b.1795).
*2 September - Garcin de Tassy, orientalist (b.1794).
*11 October - Félix Dupanloup, Bishop of Orléans (b.1802).
*31 October - Louis-Antoine Garnier-Pagès, politician (b.1803).
*8 November - Joseph-Epiphane Darras, historian (b.1825).

Full date unknown

*Eugène Belgrand, engineer (b.1810).
*Antoine Laurent Dantan, sculptor (b.1798).
*Amédée Fauré, painter (b.1801).
*Louis Léonard de Loménie, author (b.1815).
*Nicolas Remy Maire, bow maker (b.1800).

References