1992 in France

See also: 1991 in France, other events of 1992, 1993 in France.

Events from the year 1992 in France.

Events

• 22 March - Regional Elections held.
• 22 March - Cantonales Elections held.
• 29 March - Cantonales Elections held.
• 12 April - Euro Disney resort and theme park opens to the east of Paris.^[1]
• 17 June - The French national football team's hopes of winning Euro 92 are ended by a 2-1 defeat to Denmark in the final group game in Sweden.^[2]
• 20 September - Maastricht Treaty referendum held, with a small majority in favour of ratification of the Maastricht Treaty.
• 8 October - Launch of the Renault Twingo, an entry level car which takes on a ground-breaking one-box design and will compete with the likes of the new Fiat Cinquecento.^[3]

Arts and literature

• 9 April - Jean-François Deniau, essayist and novelist, elected to the Académie française.
• 12 April - Disneyland Paris officially opens under the name "EuroDisney".
• 20 December - The Folies Bergère music hall in Paris closes.

Sport

• 8 February - The opening ceremony for the 1992 Winter Olympics is held in Albertville.
• 23 February - The closing ceremony of the 1992 Winter Olympics is held.
• 5 May - Armand Césari Stadium disaster in Bastia, Corsica, when one of the terraces collapsed, killing 18 people.
• 4 July - Tour de France begins.
• 5 July - French Grand Prix won by Nigel Mansell of the United Kingdom.
• 26 July - Tour de France ends, won by Miguel Indurain of Spain.

Births

• 22 January - Benjamin Jeannot, footballer
• 21 February - Gauthier Mahoto, footballer
• 25 February - Anaïg Butel, footballer
• 3 March - Sega Keita, footballer
• 10 March - Neeskens Kebano, footballer
• 30 March - Abdoulaye Diallo, footballer
• 31 March - William Gros, footballer
• 29 April - Gaël N’Lundulu, footballer
• 30 April - Mike Cestor, footballer
• 14 May - Anthony Derouard, footballer
• 9 June - Yannick Agnel, swimmer
• 20 June - Léopold Bellanger, actor
• 22 June - Terence Makengo, footballer
• 6 August - Mehdi Abeid, footballer
• 7 August - Vauvenargues Kehi, footballer
• 4 September - Layvin Kurzawa, footballer
• 12 September - Gilbert Imbula, footballer
• 15 September - Camélia Jordana, pop singer
• 2 December - Massadio Haïdara, footballer
• 24 December - Serge Aurier, footballer

Deaths

January to June

• 21 January - Bernard Cornut-Gentille, administrator and politician (b.1909).
• 1 February - Jean Hamburger, physician, surgeon and essayist (b.1909).
• 20 February - Pierre Dervaux, operatic conductor and composer (b.1917).
• 14 March - Jean Poiret, actor, director and screenwriter (b.1926).
• 16 March - Yves Rocard, physicist (b.1903).
• 20 March - Georges Delerue, film composer (b.1925).
• 30 March - Amédée Fournier, cyclist (b.1912).
• 27 April - Olivier Messiaen, composer, organist and ornithologist (b.1908).
• 5 May - Jean-Claude Pascal, costume designer and singer (b.1927).
• 30 June - André Hébuterne, painter (b.1894).

July to December

• 24 July - Arletty, singer and actress (b.1898).
• 2 August - Michel Berger, singer and songwriter (b.1947).
• 19 August - Jean-Albert Grégoire, car pioneer (b.1899).
• 29 August - Félix Guattari, militant, institutional psychotherapist and philosopher (b.1930).
• 16 September - Henri Legay, operatic tenor (b.1920).
• 15 October - Paul Paillole, soldier (b.1905).
• 29 November - Jean Dieudonné, mathematician (b.1906).
• 29 November - Raoul Ploquin, film producer, production manager and screenwriter.
• 10 December - Jacques Perret, writer (b.1901).
• 23 December - Vincent Fourcade, interior designer (b.1934).

Full date unknown

• Jules Gros, Breton linguist (b.1890).
• Bernard Lefebvre, photographer (b.1906).

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