1876 in France
Events from the year 1876 in France.
Incumbents
- President: Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta
- President of the Council of Ministers:
- * until 23 February: Louis Buffet
- * 23 February-12 December: Jules Armand Dufaure
- * starting 12 December: Jules Simon
Events
- 20 February – Legislative Election held.
- 5 March – Legislative Election was held.
- 10 October – French Workers Congress was held.
Literature
- Alphonse Daudet - Jack
- Joris-Karl Huysmans - Marthe
- Jules Verne - Michael Strogoff
- Émile Zola - ''Son Excellence Eugène Rougon''
Music
Births
- 3 March – Georges Guillain, neurologist
- 4 March – Léon-Paul Fargue, poet and essayist
- 5 March – Édouard Belin, photographic inventor
- 4 April – Maurice de Vlaminck, painter, printmaker and author
- 22 April – Pierre Albert-Birot, author
- 29 April – Paul Antoine Aristide Montel, mathematician
- 27 May – René Guyon, jurist
- 22 June – Madeleine Vionnet, fashion designer
- 24 June – Henri Marchal, archaeologist
- 12 July – Max Jacob, poet, painter, writer, and critic
- 16 October – Gaston Thubé, sailor and Olympic gold medallist
- 19 November – Louis de Fleurac, athlete and Olympic medallist
Deaths
January to June
- 26 January – Frédérick Lemaître, actor and playwright
- 13 February – Gabriel Andral, pathologist
- 18 February – Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart, botanist
- 5 March – Marie d'Agoult, author, pen name Daniel Stern
- 9 March – Louise Colet, poet
- 24 May – Alphonse de Cailleux, painter and arts administrator
- 30 April – Antoine Jérôme Balard, chemist and discoverer of bromine
- 30 April – Jean-Rémy Bessieux, founder of Roman Catholic mission in Gabon and first Bishop there
- 12 May – Louis-Auguste Bisson, photographer
- 6 June – Auguste Casimir-Perier, diplomat
July to December
- 27 August – Eugène Fromentin, painter and writer
- 29 August – Félicien-César David, composer
- August – Etienne-Paulin Gagne, poet, essayist, lawyer, politician, inventor, and eccentric
- 10 October – Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, geologist and meteorologist
- 10 October – Hyacinthe de Valroger, Roman Catholic priest and Oratorian