1875 in France explained
Events from the year 1875 in France.
Incumbents
Ernest Courtot de Cissey (until 10 March), Louis Buffet (starting 10 March)
Events
Arts and literature
Births
- 17 February – Fanny Clar, journalist and writer (died 1944)
- 21 February – Jeanne Calment, supercentenarian and the oldest living person ever documented in history (died 1997)
- 7 March – Maurice Ravel, composer and pianist (died 1937)
- 27 March – Cécile Vogt-Mugnier, neurologist (died 1962)
- 4 April – Pierre Monteux, conductor (died 1964)
- 5 April – Mistinguett, singer (born 1956)
- 27 April – Maurice, 6th duc de Broglie, physicist (died 1960)
- 28 June – Henri Lebesgue, mathematician (died 1941)
- 31 July – Jacques Villon, painter and printmaker (died 1963)
- 6 August – Marcel Labey, conductor and composer (died 1968)
- 27 September – Cléo de Mérode, dancer (died 1966)
Full date unknown
Deaths
January to June
- 1 January – Jacques Crétineau-Joly, journalist and historian (born 1803)
- 3 January – Pierre Larousse, grammarian and lexicographer (born 1817)
- 10 January – Anton Melbye, Danish painter (born 1818)
- 20 January – Jean-François Millet, painter (born 1814)
- 22 February – Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, painter (born 1796)
- 1 March – Tristan Corbière, poet (born 1845)
- 25 March – Louis Amédée Achard, novelist (born 1814)
- 4 May – Michel Lévy, publisher (born 1821)
- 5 May – Alexandre Boreau, pharmacist and botanist (born 1803)
- 10 May – Gustave Thuret, botanist (born 1817)
- 31 May – Eliphas Levi, occult author and magician (born 1810)
- 3 June – Georges Bizet, composer and pianist (born 1838)
- 24 June – Henri Labrouste, architect (born 1801)
- 25 June – Antoine-Louis Barye, sculptor (born 1796)
July to December
Full date unknown
Notes and References
- Caractères chimiques et spectroscopiques d'un nouveau métal, le gallium, découvert dans une blende de la mine de Pierrefitte, vallée d'Argelès (Pyrénées). Lecoq. de Boisbaudran. 493. Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences. 81. 2008-09-23.