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| 1962, March 23 |
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| After the Evian Agreement providing for peace between France and the Algerian rebels (March 18), de Gaulle instructed the French army to wage all-out war against the Organisation de l'armée secrète (OAS) resistance. | 1 |
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| April 8 |
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| In a national referendum on the Algerian settlement of March 18, 90 percent of the valid ballots approved. | 2 |
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| April 14 |
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| On the resignation of Michel Debré, de Gaulle named Georges Pompidou as the next prime minister. | 3 |
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| May 20 |
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| French authorities organized an airlift to evacuate Europeans from Algiers. | 4 |
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| May 23 |
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| As OAS terrorism continued in Algeria, OAS leader Raoul Salan was sentenced by a military tribunal in Paris to life in prison. | 5 |
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| Oct. 5 |
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| Parliament censured the proposal, announced on Sept. 20, to elect the president by popular vote, but a national referendum (Oct. 28) approved it. Pompidou's cabinet resigned, but he was reappointed premier (Nov. 25). | 6 |
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