1882 in France explained
Events from the year 1882 in France.
Incumbents
Events
Births
January to March
- 13 January – Darius Paul Dassault, General (died 1969)
- 18 January – Lazare Lévy, pianist, composer and teacher (died 1964)
- 19 January – Pierre Allemane, international soccer player (died 1956)
- 5 February – Louis Wagner, motor racing driver (died 1960)
- 21 February – Jean Dupas, painter, designer, poster artist and decorator (died 1964)
- 26 February – Pierre Mac Orlan, novelist and songwriter (died 1970)
- 20 March – René Coty, politician, President of France (died 1962)
April to June
- 16 April – André Edouard Marty, artist (died 1974)
- 17 April – Émile Muselier, Admiral (died 1965)
- 10 May – Donatien Bouché, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1965)
- 13 May – Georges Braque, painter and sculptor (died 1963)
- 25 May – Maurice Le Boucher, organist, composer, and pedagogue (died 1964)
- 13 June – Claude-Léon Mascaux, sculptor (died 1965)
- 22 June – Jacques Thubé, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1969)
- 28 June – Jean-Julien Lemordant, artist and soldier (died 1968)
July to September
October to December
- 12 October – Émile Girardeau, engineer (died 1970).
- 18 October – Lucien Petit-Breton, cyclist, winner of 1907 and 1908 Tour de France (died 1917)
- 25 October – André-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien, Cardinal (died 1964)
- 29 October – Jean Giraudoux, novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright (died 1944)
- 18 November – Jacques Maritain, Catholic philosopher (died 1973)
- 22 November – Charles Vildrac, playwright and poet (died 1971)
- 29 November – Henri Fabre, aviator and aircraft designer (died 1984)
- 7 December – Robert Debré, pediatrician (died 1978)
- 31 December – Eugène Le Moult, naturalist and entomologist (died 1967)
Full date unknown
Deaths
January to June
- 1 February – Antoine Bussy, chemist (born 1794)
- 12 February – Madame Céleste, actress (born 1815)[1]
- 20 February – Louis Adolphe le Doulcet, comte de Pontécoulant, soldier and musicologist (born 1794)
- 8 April – Jules Etienne Joseph Quicherat, historian and archaeologist (born 1814)
- 1 May – Célestine Guynemer de la Hailandière, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Indianapolis (born 1798)
- 17 May – François Chabas, egyptologist (born 1817)
- 15 June – Ernest Courtot de Cissey, General (born 1810)
- 20 June – François-Auguste Biard, painter (born 1800)
- 25 June – François Jouffroy, sculptor (born 1806)
July to December
Notes and References
- Jane Moody, ‘Céleste, Céline (1810/11–1882)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004: According to ODNB article, Celeste's year of birth was probably 1810 or 1811
