1846 in France
See also: 1845 in France, 1847 in France.
Events from the year 1846 in France.
Events
- 1 August - Legislative election held for the seventh legislature of the July Monarchy.
Births
- 1 January - Léon Denis, spiritist philosopher and researcher (died 1927).
- 4 April - Comte de Lautréamont, poet (died 1870).
- 8 May - Émile Gallé, artist (died 1904).
- 21 May - Luc-Olivier Merson, painter and illustrator (died 1920).
- 11 July - Léon Bloy, novelist, essayist, pamphleteer and poet (died 1917).
- 21 August - Étienne Bazeries, military cryptanalyst (died 1931).
- 2 September - Paul Déroulède, author and politician (died 1914).
- 24 October - Denis Jean Achille Luchaire, historian (died 1908).
- 28 October - Albert Dubois-Pillet, painter and army officer (died 1890).
- 28 October - Auguste Escoffier, chef, restaurateur and culinary writer (died 1935).
- 30 October - Victor, 5th duc de Broglie, aristocrat (died 1906).
Full date unknown
- Arsène Darmesteter, philologist (died 1888).
Deaths
- 17 June - Jean-Gaspard Deburau, actor and mime (born 1796).
- 25 July - Louis Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon I of France (born 1778).
- 16 August - Sylvain Charles Valée, Marshal of France (born 1773).
- 22 December - Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent, naturalist (born 1778).
Full date unknown
- Thérèse Albert, actress (b. c1805).
- Jacques-Antoine-Adrien Delort, general and deputy (born 1773).
- Ambroise-Louis-Marie d'Hozier, last of the juges d'armes of France (born 1764).
- Joseph Balthasar, Comte Siméon, politician (born 1781).