1892 in France

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Events from the year 1892 in France.

Incumbents

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 (including 15,000 single women) losing their investments in stocks, bonds and founder shares of the company, to the sum of approximately 1.8 billion gold Francs.

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.

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)^[2]
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)^[3]
21 August – Charles Vanel, film director and actor (died 1989)
4 September – Darius Milhaud, composer (died 1974)^[4]
15 September – Louis Favre, French painter (died 1956)
26 September – Émile Dewoitine, aviation engineer and industrialist (died 1979)^[5]

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)
9 December – André Randall, actor (died 1974)

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