1936 in France
Events from the year 1936 in France.
Incumbents
- President: Albert Lebrun
- President of the Council of Ministers:
- * until 24 January: Pierre Laval
- * 24 January-4 June: Albert Sarraut
- * starting 4 June: Léon Blum
Events
- 25 March – Second London Naval Treaty is signed by the governments of France, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.
- 26 April – first round of Legislative Election held.
- 3 May – second round of Legislative Election held, resulting in the election of the Popular Front.
- 26 May – A general strike is initiated in Le Havre.
- 7 June – Matignon Agreements are signed between the Confédération générale de la production française employers association, the CGT trade union and the French state during a general strike initiated after the election of the Popular Front.
Sport
- 7 July – Tour de France begins.
- 2 August – Tour de France ends, won by Sylvère Maes of Belgium.
Births
- 10 February – Marie-Josèphe Sublet, politician
- 15 February – Jean-Gabriel Albicocco, film director
- 23 February – Roger Rivière, cyclist
- 12 April – Jean-Claude Vrinat, restaurateur
- 1 March – Jean-Edern Hallier, author
- 7 March – Georges Perec, novelist, filmmaker and essayist
- 1 May – Danièle Huillet, filmmaker
- 20 June – Jean-Daniel Pollet, film director and screenwriter
- 1 August – Yves Saint Laurent, fashion designer
- 4 August – Claude Ballot-Léna, motor racing driver
- 12 October – Pascale Audret, actress
- 28 December – Jacques Mesrine, gangster
Deaths
- 7 January – Guy d'Hardelot, composer, pianist and teacher
- 5 February – Charles le Bargy, actor and film director
- 28 February – Charles Nicolle, bacteriologist who won the 1928 Nobel Prize in Medicine
- 16 March – Marguerite Durand, actress, journalist and suffragette
- 23 May – Henri de Régnier, poet
- 13 June – Marie-Louise Bouglé, feminist, librarian, and archivist
- 15 July – Charles Binet, Archbishop of Besançon and cardinal
- 1 August – Louis Blériot, inventor, engineer and aviation pioneer
- 23 August – Juliette Adam, writer
- 17 October – Suzanne Bianchetti, actress