Events from the year 1877 in France.
Incumbents
Events
Literature
Births
January to March
- 29 January â Georges Catroux, military officer and diplomat (died 1969)
- 17 February â André Maginot, politician, advocate of the Maginot Line (died 1932)
- 19 February â Louis Aubert, composer (died 1968)
- 21 February â Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, Catholic theologian (died 1964)
- 28 February â André Simon, wine merchant, gourmet and writer (died 1970)
- 21 March â Maurice Farman, motor racing driver, aviator, aircraft manufacturer and designer (died 1964)
- 29 March â Jules Boucherit, violinist and teacher (died 1962)
April to June
July to December
Deaths
- 31 March â Antoine Augustin Cournot, economist, philosopher and mathematician (born 1801)
- 9 April â Pierre Louis Alphée Cazenave, dermatologist (born 1795)
- 26 April â Louise Bertin, composer (born 1805)
- 28 June â Jacques-Maurice De Saint Palais, Archbishop of Indianapolis (born 1811)
- 3 September â Adolphe Thiers, politician, historian and Prime Minister of France (born 1797)
- 23 September â Urbain Le Verrier, mathematician (born 1811)
- 16 October â 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 â Gustave Courbet, painter (born 1819)
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