See also: 1880 in France, other events of 1881, 1882 in France. Events from the year 1881 in France. [edit] Events [edit] Births - 11 January - Lucien Rosengart, engineer (d.1976).
- 19 February - Paul Tournon, architect (d.1964).
- 20 February - Julien Maitron, cyclist (d.1972).
- 21 February - Marc Boegner, theologist, pastor, French Resistance member and essayist (b.1970).
- 18 March - Paul Le Flem, composer and musician (d.1984).
- 23 March - Roger Martin du Gard, author, winner of the 1937 Nobel Prize for Literature (d.1958).
- 7 August - François Darlan, Admiral (d.1942).
- 10 October - Gaston Ragueneau, athlete and Olympic medallist (d.1978).
- 4 November - Gaby Deslys, dancer and actress (d.1920).
- 8 November - Robert Esnault-Pelterie, pioneering aircraft designer (d.1957).
[edit] Full date unknown [edit] Deaths - 19 January - Auguste Mariette, scholar and archaeologist (b.1821).
- 13 February - Alexis Paulin Paris, scholar and author (b.1800).
- 17 February - Emile-Justin Menier, pharmaceutical manufacturer, chocolatier, and politician (b.1826).
- 1 March - Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys, statesman and diplomat (b.1805).
- 24 March - Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse, geologist and mineralogist (b.1817).
- 2 June - Émile Littré, lexicographer and philosopher (b.1801).
- 2 June - Pierre Louis Rouillard, sculptor (b.1820).
- 28 June - Jules Armand Dufaure, statesman (b.1798).
- 9 July - Paul Bins, comte de Saint-Victor, author (b.1827).
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