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See also: 1945 in France, other events of 1946, 1947 in France.

Events from the year 1946 in France.

Events

• 16 January - Charles de Gaulle resigns as a head of a French provisional government.
• 20 January - Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France.
• 6 March - Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.
• 19 March - French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion become overseas départements of France.
• 7 April - Syria's independence from France is officially recognised.
• 5 May - Constitutional Referendum held and proposed constitution rejected.
• 2 June - Legislative Election held.
• 5 July - Bikinis go on sale in Paris.
• 13 October - Constitutional Referendum held and constitution approved, creating the French Fourth Republic.
• 10 November - Legislative Election held for the first National Assembly of the Fourth Republic.
• 12 December - Léon Blum founds a government of socialist parties in France.
• 24 December - French Fourth Republic founded.

Sport

Births

January to June

• 14 February - Tina Aumont, actress (d.2006).
• 7 April - Colette Besson, Olympic athlete (d.2005).
• 13 May - Jean Rondeau, motor racing driver and constructor (d.1985).
• 16 May - Jean-Michel Gaillard, politician (d.2005).
• 19 May - André the Giant, professional wrestler (d.1993).
• 17 June - Gérard Grisey, composer (d.1998).

July to December

• 22 July - Mireille Mathieu, singer.
• 30 September - Claude Vorilhon, leader of Raëlian Movement.
• 6 November - Romain Argyroudis, soccer player.
• 18 November - Pierre Chanal, soldier and suspected serial killer (d.2003).
• 8 December - Jacques Bourboulon, photographer.
• 17 December - François Lamoureux, European civil servant (d.2006).
• 24 December - Roselyne Bachelot, politician.

Deaths

• 9 June - Charles Burguet, film director (b.1878).
• 9 August - Léon Gaumont, inventor, engineer, film pioneer and industrialist (b.1864).

References