Rouget de Lisle

Rouget de Lisle

1760 CE – 1836 CE

Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (French: [klod ʒozɛf ʁuʒɛ d(ə) lil]; 10 May 1760 – 26 June 1836) was a French army officer of the French Revolutionary Wars. Lisle is known for writing La Marseillaise and it became the French national anthem.

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Born · 1760 CE

1792 CEMarseillaise Sung By Volunteers In Paris"La Marseillaise" is the national anthem of France. It was written in 1792 by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in Strasbourg after the declaration of war by…

Died · 1836 CE