1880 in France explained

Events from the year 1880 in France.

Incumbents

• President

Jules Grévy^[1]

• President of the Council of Ministers

Charles de Freycinet (until 23 September), Jules Ferry (starting 23 September)^[2]

Events

• 29 June – France annexes Tahiti.^[3]
• Musée Carnavalet is opened to the public as a museum of Paris history.
• Discovery of piezoelectricity by Pierre Curie and Jacques Curie.^[4]

Births

• 14 January – Pierre-Marie Gerlier, Cardinal (died 1965)^[5]
• 5 February – Gabriel Voisin, aviation pioneer (died 1973)^[6]
• 20 February – Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, aristocrat, novelist and poet (died 1923)^[7]
• 21 February – Pierre Chaumié, politician (died 1966)^[8]
• 17 April – Jacques Suzanne, painter, artist and explorer (died 1967)^[9]
• 25 May – Jean Alexandre Barré, neurologist (died 1967)^[10]
• 26 August – Guillaume Apollinaire, poet, writer and art critic (died 1918)^[11]
• 12 October – Marcel-Bruno Gensoul, admiral (d. 1973)^[12]
• 8 December – Clément-Emile Roques, Cardinal (died 1964)^[13]

Full date unknown

• Charles Catteau, industrial designer (died 1966)^[14]
• Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht, composer and conductor (died 1965)^[15]

Deaths

• 4 January – Marthe Camille Bachasson, Count of Montalivet, statesman and Peer of France (born 1801)^[16]
• 17 January – Agenor, duc de Gramont, diplomat and statesman (born 1819)^[17]
• 31 January – Adolphe Granier de Cassagnac, journalist and politician (born 1806)^[18]
• 8 May – Gustave Flaubert, novelist (born 1821)^[19]
• 24 June – Jules Antoine Lissajous, mathematician (born 1822)^[20]
• 9 July – Paul Broca, physician, anatomist, and anthropologist (born 1824)^[21]
• 5 October - Jacques Offenbach, German composer (born 1819)^[22]
• 22 October - Alphonse Pénaud, aeronautical pioneer (born 1850)^[23]
• 10 November – Sabin Berthelot, naturalist and ethnologist (born 1794)^[24]
• 20 November – Léon Cogniet, painter (born 1794)^[25]
• 24 November – Napoléon Henri Reber, composer (born 1807)^[26]

Notes and References

1. Web site: List of presidents of France. 2020-09-15. https://perma-archives.org/warc/20200915130933/https://www.britannica.com/topic/list-of-presidents-of-France-2060874. 2020-09-15. live.
2. Freycinet, Charles Louis de Saulçes de. 11. 211.
3. Web site: French Polynesia territory profile . . 2018-05-22 . BBC.com . BBC . 2020-09-15 . live . https://perma-archives.org/warc/20200916010934/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-16492623#:~:text=Tahiti%2C%20in%20the%20Society%20islands,gained%20%22overseas%20country%22%20status. . 2020-09-16 .
4. Web site: This Month In Physics History . . March 2014 . aps.org . American Physical Society . 2020-09-15 . live . https://perma-archives.org/warc/20200916010900/https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201403/physicshistory.cfm#:~:text=March%201880%3A%20The%20Curie%20Brothers%20Discover%20Piezoelectricity&text=It%20was%20discovered%20by%20none,Greek%20for%20%E2%80%9Csqueeze%E2%80%9D). . 2020-09-16 .
5. Web site: Gerlier Pierre-Marie . . yadvashem-france.org . Comité Francais pour Yad Vashem . 2020-09-16 . fr . Gerlier Pierre-Marie . live . 2020-09-16 . https://conifer.rhizome.org/mossypiglet/wikipedia-citations/20200916162507/https://yadvashem-france.org/les-justes-parmi-les-nations/les-justes-de-france/dossier-1769/.
6. Web site: Gabriel Voisin . Crouch . Tom . 2020 . britannica.com . Encyclopædia Britannica . 2020-09-15 . live . 2020-09-16 . https://perma-archives.org/warc/20200916020915/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gabriel-Voisin .
7. Web site: FRÈRE JACQUES: A SHRINE TO LOVE AND SORROW . Ogrinc . Will . 2015 . 2020-09-15 . live . https://perma-archives.org/warc/20200916010914/http://www.quintes-feuilles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Fersen-engelsill.pdf . 2020-09-16 .
8. Web site: CHAUMIE Pierre . . 2020-09-16 . 2020-09-15 . fr . CHAUMIE Pierre . live . 2020-09-16 . https://perma-archives.org/warc/20200916020916/https://www.senat.fr/senateur-3eme-republique/chaumie_pierre0741r3.html .
9. Web site: Jacques Suzanne: Social Security Death Index Death Record . . newspaperarchive.com . 2020-09-15 . live . 2020-09-16 . https://perma-archives.org/warc/20200916020946/https://newspaperarchive.com/ssdi/person/?ssn=0a42537d-b582-e511-93f7-0025907eb195%2F .
10. Jean-Alexandre Barré (1880–1967) . Owecki . Michał . Skalski. Piotr. Magowska. Anita. Journal of Neurology . 2017-11-15 . 265 . 4 . 987–989 . 10.1007/s00415-017-8673-y . 29143210 . 5878183 .
11. Web site: Guillaume Apollinaire . . 2020-08-22 . britannica.com . Encyclopædia Britannica . 2020-09-16 . bot: unknown . 2020-09-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200918153832/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Guillaume-Apollinaire .
12. https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/75567/Gensoul-Marcel-Bruno.htm Gensoul, Marcel-Bruno
13. Web site: Mgr Clément Emile Roques . . Roman Catholic Diocese of Montauban . fr . Bishop Clément Emile Roques . 2020-09-16 . bot: unknown . 2018-04-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180402034225/http://catholique-montauban.cef.fr/rubriques/gauche/histoire-et-patrimoine/listes-des-eveques/mgr-roques .
14. Web site: Collecting guide: Charles Catteau's Boch Frères ceramics . . 2020 . christies.com . Christie's . 2020-09-16 . bot: unknown . 2020-11-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201107193234/https://www.christies.com/features/Charles-Catteau-Boch-Freres-ceramics-9328-1.aspx .
15. Book: Inghelbrecht, Désiré-Émile . 1979 . The Conductor's World . Westport, Connecticut . Hyperion Press . 9780883557471 .
16. Web site: Marthe Camille Bachasson, Comte de Montalivet . . britishmusem.org . The British Museum . 2020-09-16 . bot: unknown . 2020-11-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201108014307/https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG166416 .
17. Web site: Antoine-Agénor-Alfred, duke de Gramonte . . 2020-08-10 . britannica.com . Encyclopædia Britannica . 2020-09-16 . 2020-10-20 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20201020130259/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Antoine-Agenor-Alfred-duc-de-Gramont .
18. Web site: Bernard, Adolphe Granier de Cassagnac . . 2019 . assemblee-nationale.fr . National Assembly of France . 2020-09-16 . fr . Bernard, Adolphe Granier de Cassagnac . bot: unknown . 2020-11-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201108030159/http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/sycomore/fiche/(num_dept)/8360 .
19. Web site: Gustave Flaubert . Dumesnil . René . Barzun . Jacques . 2020 . britannica.com . Encyclopædia Britannica . 2020-09-16 . bot: unknown . 2020-09-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200928185520/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gustave-Flaubert .
20. Web site: Lissajous, Jules Antoine . . 2020-09-12 . www.encyclopedia.com . Charles Scribner's Sons . 2020-09-16 . 2020-11-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201107220218/https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/lissajous-jules-antoine . bot: unknown .
21. Web site: Paul Broca . . 2020 . britannica.com . Encyclopædia Britannica . 2020-09-16 . bot: unknown . 2020-11-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201107120223/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paul-Broca .
22. Web site: Jacques Offenbach . . 2020 . britannica.com . Encyclopædia Britannica . 2020-09-16 . bot: unknown . 2020-09-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200903031623/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jacques-Offenbach .
23. Web site: Alphonse Pénaud . Crouch . Tom . 2020 . britannica.com . Encyclopædia Britannica . 2020-09-16 . bot: unknown . 2020-09-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200901151724/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alphonse-Penaud .
24. Web site: Sabin Berthelot (1794-1880) . . 2020-07-08 . data.bnf.fr . Bibliothèque nationale de France . 2020-09-16 . bot: unknown . 2020-11-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201107151028/https://data.bnf.fr/en/12551973/sabin_berthelot/ .
25. Web site: The Italian Brigand's Wife . . metmuseum.org . Metropolitan Museum of Art . 2020-09-16 . bot: unknown . 2020-08-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200814080111/https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/438633 .
26. Web site: Reber, (Napoléon-)Henri . Robert . Frédéric . 2020 . oxfordmusiconline.com . Oxford University Press . 2020-09-16 . bot: unknown . 2020-11-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201108001150/https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/grovemusic/abstract/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000023006 .