Events from the year 1877 in France.
Incumbents President: Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta President of the Council of Ministers: until 17 May: Jules Simon 17 May-23 November: Albert, 4th duc de Broglie 23 November-13 December: Gaëtan de Rochebouët starting 13 December: Jules Armand Dufaure
Events 16 May – Constitutional crisis which ultimately seals the defeat of the royalist movement. 14 October – Legislative election held. 28 October – Legislative election held. 'Yablochkov candles' (a form of arc lamp) are first used commercially in the 'Marengo hall' of the department store Galeries du Louvre in Paris.
Literature
Augustine Tuillerie - Le Tour de la France par deux enfants Jules Verne Les Indes noires Hector Servadac Émile Zola - L'Assommoir
Births
January to March 29 January – Georges Catroux, military officer and diplomat (died 1969) 17 February – André Maginot, politician, advocate of the Maginot Line (died 1932) 19 February – Louis Aubert, composer (died 1968) 21 February – Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, Catholic theologian (died 1964) 28 February – André Simon, wine merchant, gourmet and writer (died 1970) 21 March – Maurice Farman, motor racing driver, aviator, aircraft manufacturer and designer (died 1964) 29 March – Jules Boucherit, violinist and teacher (died 1962)
April to June 15 April – Jules Basdevant, law professor (died 1968) 26 May – Jean Schlumberger, writer and journalist (died 1968) 31 May – Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion, née Renaudot, astronomer (died 1962) 14 June – Jane Bathori, opera singer (died 1970)
July to December 4 July – Jacques Bacot, explorer and Tibetologist (died 1965) 5 July – Georges Saillard, actor (died 1967) 6 July – Arnaud Massy, golfer (died 1950) 8 July – René Navarre, actor (died 1968) 19 July – Cécile Brunschvicg, politician (died 1946) 18 November – Jules Isaac, historian (died 1963) 13 December – Edmond Locard, pioneer in forensic science (died 1966)
Deaths 31 March – Antoine Augustin Cournot, economist, philosopher and mathematician (born 1801) 9 April – Pierre Louis Alphée Cazenave, dermatologist (born 1795) 26 April – Louise Bertin, composer (born 1805) 28 June – Jacques-Maurice De Saint Palais, Archbishop of Indianapolis (born 1811) 3 September – Adolphe Thiers, politician, historian and Prime Minister of France (born 1797) 23 September – Urbain Le Verrier, mathematician (born 1811) 16 October – Théodore Barrière, dramatist (born 1823) 26 December Aristide Boucicaut, creator of Le Bon Marché department stores (born 1810) Jean-Jacques Meyer, steam locomotive engineer (born 1805) 31 December – Gustave Courbet, painter (born 1819)
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