Events from the year 1936 in France.
Incumbents President: Albert Lebrun President of the Council of Ministers: until 24 January: Pierre Laval 24 January-4 June: Albert Sarraut starting 4 June: Léon Blum
Events 25 March – Second London Naval Treaty is signed by the governments of France, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America. 26 April – first round of Legislative Election held. 3 May – second round of Legislative Election held, resulting in the election of the Popular Front. 26 May – A general strike is initiated in Le Havre. 7 June – Matignon Agreements are signed between the Confédération générale de la production française (CGPF) employers association, the CGT trade union and the French state during a general strike initiated after the election of the Popular Front.
Sport 7 July – Tour de France begins. 2 August – Tour de France ends, won by Sylvère Maes of Belgium.
Births 10 February – Marie-Josèphe Sublet, politician (died 2024) 15 February – Jean-Gabriel Albicocco, film director (died 2001) 23 February – Roger Rivière, cyclist (died 1976) 12 April – Jean-Claude Vrinat, restaurateur (died 2008) 1 March – Jean-Edern Hallier, author (died 1997) 7 March – Georges Perec, novelist, filmmaker and essayist (died 1982) 1 May – Danièle Huillet, filmmaker (died 2006) 11 May – Daniel Costelle, documentary maker and film director (died 2026) 17 May – Guy Camberabero, rugby union player (died 2023) 20 June – Jean-Daniel Pollet, film director and screenwriter (died 2004) 1 August – Yves Saint Laurent, fashion designer (died 2008) 4 August – Claude Ballot-Léna, motor racing driver (died 1999) 12 October – Pascale Audret, actress (died 2000) 28 December – Jacques Mesrine, gangster (died 1979)
Deaths 7 January – Guy d'Hardelot, composer, pianist and teacher (born 1858) 5 February – Charles le Bargy, actor and film director (born 1858) 28 February – Charles Nicolle, bacteriologist who won the 1928 Nobel Prize in Medicine (born 1866) 16 March – Marguerite Durand, actress, journalist and suffragette (born 1864) 23 May – Henri de Régnier, poet (born 1864) 13 June – Marie-Louise Bouglé, feminist, librarian, and archivist (born 1883) 15 July – Charles Binet, Archbishop of Besançon and cardinal (born 1869) 1 August – Louis Blériot, inventor, engineer and aviation pioneer (born 1872) 23 August – Juliette Adam, writer (born 1836) 17 October – Suzanne Bianchetti, actress (born 1889)
Full date unknown Georges Garnier, soccer player (born 1878)
See also List of French films of 1936 Interwar France
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