1877 in France

Events from the year 1877 in France.

Incumbents

 * President: Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta
 * President of the Council of Ministers:
 * until 17 May: Jules Simon
 * 17 May-23 November: Albert, 4th duc de Broglie
 * 23 November-13 December: Gaëtan de Rochebouët
 * starting 13 December: Jules Armand Dufaure

Events

 * 16 May – Constitutional crisis which ultimately seals the defeat of the royalist movement.
 * 14 October – Legislative election held.
 * 28 October – Legislative election held.

January to March

 * 29 January – Georges Catroux, military officer and diplomat (died 1969)
 * 17 February – André Maginot, politician, advocate of the Maginot Line (died 1932)
 * 19 February – Louis Aubert, composer (died 1968)
 * 21 February – Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, Catholic theologian (died 1964)
 * 28 February – André Simon, wine merchant, gourmet and writer (died 1970)
 * 21 March – Maurice Farman, motor racing driver, aviator, aircraft manufacturer and designer (died 1964)
 * 29 March – Jules Boucherit, violinist and teacher (died 1962)

April to June

 * 15 April – Jules Basdevant, law professor (died 1968)
 * 26 May – Jean Schlumberger, writer and journalist (died 1968)
 * 31 May – Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion, née Renaudot, astronomer (died 1962)
 * 14 June – Jane Bathori, opera singer (died 1970)

July to December

 * 4 July – Jacques Bacot, explorer and Tibetologist (died 1965)
 * 5 July – Georges Saillard, actor (died 1967)
 * 6 July – Arnaud Massy, golfer (died 1950)
 * 8 July – René Navarre, actor (died 1968)
 * 19 July – Cécile Brunschvicg, politician (died 1946)
 * 18 November – Jules Isaac, historian (died 1963)
 * 13 December – Edmond Locard, pioneer in forensic science (died 1966)

Deaths

 * 31 March – Antoine Augustin Cournot, economist, philosopher and mathematician (born 1801)
 * 9 April – Pierre Louis Alphée Cazenave, dermatologist (born 1795)
 * 26 April – Louise Bertin, composer (born 1805)
 * 28 June – Jacques-Maurice De Saint Palais, Archbishop of Indianapolis (born 1811)
 * 3 September – Adolphe Thiers, politician, historian and Prime Minister of France (born 1797)
 * 23 September – Urbain Le Verrier, mathematician (born 1811)
 * 16 October – 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 – Gustave Courbet, painter (born 1819)