See also: 1891 in France, other events of 1892, 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 Fran ais.

Births

January to March

• 22 January - Marcel Dassault, aircraft industrialist (d.1986).
• 24 February - Maurice Bouton, rower and Olympic medallist (d.1965).
• 10 March - Arthur Honegger, composer (d.1955).
• 22 March - G o-Charles, poet (d.1963).

April to June

• 15 April - Joseph-Charles Lef bvre, Cardinal (d.1973).
• 18 April - Eugene Houdry, mechanical engineer (d.1962).
• 19 April - Germaine Tailleferre, composer (d.1983).
• 26 April - Adrienne Monnier, poet and publisher (d.1955).
• 29 April - Henri Bard, international soccer player (d.1951).
• 8 May - Andr Obey, playwright (d.1975).
• 10 June - Armand Lunel, writer (d.1977).
• 18 June - Victor Fontan, cyclist (d.1982).

July to September

• 1 July - Jean Lur at, painter and tapestry designer (d.1966).
• 19 July - Suzanne Malherbe, illustrator and designer (d.1972).
• 26 July - Philipp Jarnach, composer (d.1982).
• 28 July - Philippe Cattiau, fencer and Olympic gold medallist (d.1964).
• 15 August - Louis de Broglie, physicist and a Nobel laureate (d.1987).
• 21 August - Charles Vanel, film director and actor (d.1989).
• 4 September - Darius Milhaud, composer (d.1974).
• 26 September - mile Dewoitine, aviation engineer and industrialist (d.1979).

October to December

• 26 October - Andr Chapelon, mechanical engineer and designer of steam locomotives (d.1978).
• 11 November - Gaston Heuet, athlete and Olympic medallist (d.1979).
• 14 November - Dieudonne Costes, aviator (d.1973).
• 20 November - Charlotte de La Tr moille, noblewoman (d.1971).
• 23 November - Romain de Tirtoff, artist and designer (d.1990).

Full date unknown

• Marcel Gromaire, painter (d.1971).
• Maurice d'Hartoy, soldier, politician and writer (d.1981).
• Robert Lingat, academic scholar (d.1972).

Deaths

• 22 April - douard Lalo, composer (b.1823).
• 1 June - Louis Janmot, painter and poet (b.1814).
• 22 June - Pierre Ossian Bonnet, mathematician (b.1819).
• 29 July - Pierre Edmond Teisserenc de Bort, writer and politician (b.1814).
• 30 September - Hector-Jonathan Cr mieux, librettist and playwright (b.1828).
• 12 October - Ernest Renan, philosopher and writer (b.1823).
• 4 November - Herv , composer, librettist and conductor (b.1825).
• 26 November - Charles Lavigerie, Cardinal, Primate of Africa (b.1825).

Full date unknown

• Pierre Louis Charles de Failly, General (b.1810).
• Alphonse Sagebien, hydrological engineer (b.1807).
• Jean Antoine Villemin, physician (b.1827).

References

fr:1892 en France