Person
Rouget de Lisle
1760 – 1836 · aged 76
French army officer (1760-1836)
- Born
- 10 May 1760 · Lons-le-Saunier
- Died
- 26 Jun 1836 · Choisy-le-Roi
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- 10 May 1760BornBorn in Lons-le-Saunier
- 26 Jun 1836DiedDied in Choisy-le-Roi
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- c. 1760 – 1840Industrial Revolution
- 1765 – 1783American Revolution
- 1789 – 1799French Revolution
- 1812 – 1815War of 1812
- 1814 – 1815Congress of Vienna
Biography
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.
Text from the Wikipedia article Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, CC BY-SA 4.0
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