1892 in France
Events from the year 1892 in France.
Incumbents
- President: Marie François Sadi Carnot
- President of the Council of Ministers:
- * until 27 February: Charles de Freycinet
- * 27 February-6 December: Émile Loubet
- * starting 6 December: Alexandre Ribot
Events
- 12 July – A hidden lake bursts out of a glacier on the side of Mont Blanc, flooding the valley below and killing around 200 villagers and holidaymakers in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains.
- 8 November – Anarchist bomb kills six in police station in Avenue de l'Opera, Paris.
- 17 November – French troops occupy Abomey, capital of kingdom of Dahomey.
- Panama scandals: The Panama Canal Company bankruptcy is found to have involved over 800,000 French people losing their investments in stocks, bonds and founder shares of the company, to the sum of approximately 1.8 billion gold Francs.
Literature
Sport
- 20 March – The first ever French rugby championship final takes place in Paris. Pierre de Coubertin referees the match, which Racing Club de France wins, 4–3, over Stade Français.
Births
January to March
- 22 January – Marcel Dassault, aircraft industrialist
- 24 February – Maurice Monney-Bouton, rower and Olympic medallist
- 10 March – Arthur Honegger, composer
- 22 March – Géo-Charles, poet
April to June
- 15 April – Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre, Cardinal
- 18 April – Eugene Houdry, mechanical engineer
- 19 April – Germaine Tailleferre, composer
- 26 April – Adrienne Monnier, poet and publisher
- 29 April – Henri Bard, international soccer player
- 8 May – André Obey, playwright
- 10 June – Armand Lunel, writer
- 18 June – Victor Fontan, cyclist
July to September
- 1 July – Jean Lurçat, painter and tapestry designer
- 19 July – Suzanne Malherbe, illustrator and designer
- 24 July – Marcel Gromaire, painter
- 26 July – Philipp Jarnach, composer
- 28 July – Philippe Cattiau, fencer and Olympic gold medallist
- 15 August – Louis de Broglie, physicist and a Nobel laureate
- 21 August – Charles Vanel, film director and actor
- 4 September – Darius Milhaud, composer
- 15 September – Louis Favre, French painter
- 26 September – Émile Dewoitine, aviation engineer and industrialist
October to December
- 26 October – André Chapelon, mechanical engineer and designer of steam locomotives
- 11 November – Gaston Heuet, athlete and Olympic medallist
- 14 November – Dieudonne Costes, aviator
- 20 November – Charlotte de La Trémoille, noblewoman
- 23 November – Romain de Tirtoff, artist and designer
- 9 December – André Randall, actor
Full date unknown
- Maurice d'Hartoy, soldier, politician and writer
- Robert Lingat, academic scholar
Deaths
- 22 April – Édouard Lalo, composer
- 1 June – Louis Janmot, painter and poet
- 22 June – Pierre Ossian Bonnet, mathematician
- 29 July – Pierre Edmond Teisserenc de Bort, writer and politician
- 30 September – Hector-Jonathan Crémieux, librettist and playwright
- 6 October – Jean Antoine Villemin, physician
- 12 October – Ernest Renan, philosopher and writer
- 4 November – Hervé, composer, librettist and conductor
- 15 November – Pierre Louis Charles de Failly, general
- 26 November – Charles Lavigerie, Cardinal, Primate of Africa
Full date unknown
- Alphonse Sagebien, hydrological engineer