1875 in France

Events from the year 1875 in France.

Incumbents

5 January – The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated as the home of the Paris Opera
3 March – The first performance of Bizet's Carmen at the Opéra Comique, Paris, 3 months before the composer's death.
20 May – Convention du Mètre signed in Paris.
Cize–Bolozon viaduct opens to rail traffic across the Ain.
Gallium is discovered by Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran.
The Flammarion publishing firm is founded in Paris.

17 February – Fanny Clar, journalist and writer
21 February – Jeanne Calment, supercentenarian and the oldest living person ever documented in history
7 March – Maurice Ravel, composer and pianist
27 March – Cécile Vogt-Mugnier, neurologist
4 April – Pierre Monteux, conductor
5 April – Mistinguett, singer
27 April – Maurice, 6th duc de Broglie, physicist
28 June – Henri Lebesgue, mathematician
31 July – Jacques Villon, painter and printmaker
6 August – Marcel Labey, conductor and composer
27 September – Cléo de Mérode, dancer