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Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle

French army officer (1760-1836)

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Occupation

Composer

Born in

Lons-le-Saunier

Born

May 10, 1760

Zodiac

Taurus

27,806

days lived

76

age at death

Born
May 10, 1760 in 🇫🇷Lons-le-Saunier
Died
June 26, 1836 (aged 76)
Zodiac
♉︎Taurus·dragon 🐉
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Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle was a French army officer of the French Revolutionary Wars. Lisle is known for writing the words and music of the Chant de guerre pour l'armée du Rhin, which would later be known as La Marseillaise and become the French national anthem.

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Taurus♉︎

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Pisces♓︎

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1836
Day 27,805
Age 76

Death of Rouget de Lisle

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Jun 26, 1836

Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle died in Choisy-le-Roi, France.

1830
Day 25,437
Age 69

Granted a small pension

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Jan 1, 1830

Granted a small pension by Louis-Philippe after years of poverty.

Day 25,437
Age 69

Returned to Paris

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92%
Jan 1, 1830
1822
Day 22,515
Age 61

Wrote 'Essais en vers et en prose'

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96%
Jan 1, 1822

Published 'Essais en vers et en prose' (Essays in Verse and Prose).

1795
Day 12,848
Age 35

'La Marseillaise' adopted

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Jul 14, 1795

'La Marseillaise' adopted as the French national anthem.

1793
Day 11,924
Age 32

Served in the National Guard

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Jan 1, 1793

Served in the National Guard during the French Revolution.

Day 11,924
Age 32

Imprisonment

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Jan 1, 1793
1792
Day 11,673
Age 31

Composed 'Chant de guerre pour l'armée du Rhin'

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Apr 25, 1792

Composed 'Chant de guerre pour l'armée du Rhin' in Strasbourg.

Day 11,558
Age 31

Resignation from the army

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Jan 1, 1792

Resigned from the army due to political turmoil.

1791
Day 11,193
Age 30

Military Engineer

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Jan 1, 1791

Became a lieutenant in the military engineering corps.

1789
Day 10,463
Age 28

Stationed in various garrisons

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Jan 1, 1789
1784
Day 8,636
Age 23

Joined the army

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Jan 1, 1784

Joined the army as a military engineer.

1780
Day 7,175
Age 19

Early musical interests

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Jan 1, 1780

Showed early aptitude and interest in music and poetry.

1760
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Birth of Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle

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May 10, 1760

Born in Lons-le-Saunier, France.