La Marseillaise began as a war song written in Strasbourg by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, a captain of engineers, shortly after France declared war on Austria. Originally titled War Song for the Army of the Rhine, it became popular among volunteers from Marseille who sang it as they marched to Paris, which gave it its name. The French National Convention adopted it as the national anthem in 1795. It was banned or sidelined under Napoleon and the restored monarchy, and it was permanently restored in 1879 under the Third Republic. Its fierce words and stirring tune made it a symbol of revolution and have inspired many other anthems.
Before and after
- from 14 August 1791 to 1 January 1804Haitian Revolution
- 22 September 1791Birth of Michael Faraday
- 5 December 1791Death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 26 December 1791Birth of Charles Babbage
- 1792Publication of La Marseillaise
- 1792Publication of Dream of the Red Chamber
- 1792Mary Wollstonecraft publishes A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
- 29 February 1792Birth of Gioachino Rossini
- 7 March 1792Birth of John Frederick William Herschel
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- 1890Rise of Art Nouveau
- 28 December 1895The Lumiere brothers hold the first public film screening
- c. 1900sRise of Expressionism
- 1909Rise of Futurism
- c. 1910sRise of Dada
The era
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