1892 in France
See also: 1891 in France, 1893 in France.
Events from the year 1892 in France.
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.
- Venus of Brassempouy discovered
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 (died 1986).
- 24 February - Maurice Bouton, rower and Olympic medallist (died 1965).
- 10 March - Arthur Honegger, composer (died 1955).
- 22 March - Géo-Charles, poet (died 1963).
April to June
- 15 April - Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre, Cardinal (died 1973).
- 18 April - Eugene Houdry, mechanical engineer (died 1962).
- 19 April - Germaine Tailleferre, composer (died 1983).
- 26 April - Adrienne Monnier, poet and publisher (died 1955).
- 29 April - Henri Bard, international soccer player (died 1951).
- 8 May - André Obey, playwright (died 1975).
- 10 June - Armand Lunel, writer (died 1977).
- 18 June - Victor Fontan, cyclist (died 1982).
July to September
- 1 July - Jean Lurçat, painter and tapestry designer (died 1966).
- 19 July - Suzanne Malherbe, illustrator and designer (died 1972).
- 24 July - Marcel Gromaire, painter (died 1971).
- 26 July - Philipp Jarnach, composer (died 1982).
- 28 July - Philippe Cattiau, fencer and Olympic gold medallist (died 1964).
- 15 August - Louis de Broglie, physicist and a Nobel laureate (died 1987).
- 21 August - Charles Vanel, film director and actor (died 1989).
- 4 September - Darius Milhaud, composer (died 1974).
- 26 September - Émile Dewoitine, aviation engineer and industrialist (died 1979).
October to December
- 26 October - André Chapelon, mechanical engineer and designer of steam locomotives (died 1978).
- 11 November - Gaston Heuet, athlete and Olympic medallist (died 1979).
- 14 November - Dieudonne Costes, aviator (died 1973).
- 20 November - Charlotte de La Trémoille, noblewoman (died 1971).
- 23 November - Romain de Tirtoff, artist and designer (died 1990).
Full date unknown
- Maurice d'Hartoy, soldier, politician and writer (died 1981).
- Robert Lingat, academic scholar (died 1972).
Deaths
- 22 April - Édouard Lalo, composer (born 1823).
- 1 June - Louis Janmot, painter and poet (born 1814).
- 22 June - Pierre Ossian Bonnet, mathematician (born 1819).
- 29 July - Pierre Edmond Teisserenc de Bort, writer and politician (born 1814).
- 30 September - Hector-Jonathan Crémieux, librettist and playwright (born 1828).
- 6 October - Jean Antoine Villemin, physician (born 1827).
- 12 October - Ernest Renan, philosopher and writer (born 1823).
- 4 November - Hervé, composer, librettist and conductor (born 1825).
- 15 November - Pierre Louis Charles de Failly, general (born 1810).
- 26 November - Charles Lavigerie, Cardinal, Primate of Africa (born 1825).
Full date unknown
- Alphonse Sagebien, hydrological engineer (born 1807).