La Marseillaise
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"La Marseillaise" is the national anthem of France. It was written in 1792 by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in Strasbourg after the First French Republic declared war against Austria, and was original
The Marseillais volunteers departing, sculpted on the Arc de Triomphe
Rouget de Lisle, composer of "La Marseillaise", sings the song for the first time at the home of Dietrich, Mayor of Strasbourg (1849 painting by Isidore Pils, Musée historique de Strasbourg).
French First Republic
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In the history of France, the French Republic, retroactively referred to as the First Republic and sometimes referred to in historiography as Revolutionary France, was founded on 21 September 1792 dur
La Marseillaise
…La Marseillaise" is the national anthem of France. It was written in 1792 by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in Strasbourg after the First French Republic declared war against Austria, and was originally titled "Chant de Guerre pour l'Armée du Rhin" ("War Song for the Army of the Rhine"). The French…
Georges Danton (Cordeliers/The Mountain)
Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière (Girondins)
Étienne Clavière (Girondins)
Maximilien Robespierre (Jacobins/The Mountain)