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Events on Monday 3 September 1877 1
1797 – 1877Adolphe Thiers (1797-1877)Died 3 September 1877, aged 80Adolphe Thiers served as the first President of the French Third Republic from 1871 to 1873, overseeing the suppression of the Paris Commune and the recovery from the Franco-Prussian War. He was also a prolific historian and had earlier served as a minister and briefly as prime minister under the July Monarchy. He remained an influential political figure until his death.