Events from the year 1876 in France.
Incumbents President: Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta President of the Council of Ministers: until 23 February: Louis Buffet 23 February-12 December: Jules Armand Dufaure starting 12 December: Jules Simon
Events 20 February – Legislative Election held. 5 March – Legislative Election was held. 10 October – French Workers Congress was held.
Literature
Alphonse Daudet - Jack Joris-Karl Huysmans - Marthe Jules Verne - Michael Strogoff Émile Zola - Son Excellence Eugène Rougon
Music
Léo Delibes - Sylvia Jacques Offenbach - Pierrette et Jacquot
Births 3 March – Georges Guillain, neurologist (died 1961) 4 March – Léon-Paul Fargue, poet and essayist (died 1947) 5 March – Édouard Belin, photographic inventor (died 1963) 4 April – Maurice de Vlaminck, painter, printmaker and author (died 1958) 22 April – Pierre Albert-Birot, author (died 1967) 29 April – Paul Antoine Aristide Montel, mathematician (died 1975) 27 May – René Guyon, jurist (died 1963) 22 June – Madeleine Vionnet, fashion designer (died 1975) 24 June – Henri Marchal, archaeologist (died 1970) 12 July – Max Jacob, poet, painter, writer, and critic (died 1944) 16 October – Gaston Thubé, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1974) 19 November – Louis de Fleurac, athlete and Olympic medallist (died 1965)
Deaths
January to June 26 January – Frédérick Lemaître, actor and playwright (born 1800) 13 February – Gabriel Andral, pathologist (born 1797) 18 February – Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart, botanist (born 1801) 5 March – Marie d'Agoult, author, pen name Daniel Stern (born 1805) 9 March – Louise Colet, poet (born 1810) 24 May – Alphonse de Cailleux, painter and arts administrator (born 1788) 30 April – Antoine Jérôme Balard, chemist and discoverer of bromine (born 1802) 30 April – Jean-Rémy Bessieux, founder of Roman Catholic mission in Gabon and first Bishop there (born 1803) 12 May – Louis-Auguste Bisson, photographer (born 1814) 6 June – Auguste Casimir-Perier, diplomat (born 1811)
July to December 27 August – Eugène Fromentin, painter and writer (born 1820) 29 August – Félicien-César David, composer (born 1810) August – Etienne-Paulin Gagne, poet, essayist, lawyer, politician, inventor, and eccentric (born 1808) 10 October – Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, geologist and meteorologist (born 1814) 10 October – Hyacinthe de Valroger, Roman Catholic priest and Oratorian (born 1814)
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