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Deputy of the National Convention; In office 20 September 1792 – 5 April 1794: Constituency: Paris: Personal details; Born 2 March 1760Guise, Picardy, France: Died: 5 April 1794 (aged 34) Place de la Révolution, Paris, France: Cause of death
Camille Desmoulins was one of the most influential journalists and pamphleteers of the French Revolution. The son of an official of Guise, Desmoulins was admitted to the bar in 1785, but a stammer impeded his effectiveness as a lawyer. Nevertheless, after the outbreak of the Revolution in 1789, he
Dec 14, 2022 · Camille Desmoulins (1760-1794) was one of the most prominent journalists during the French Revolution (1789-1799). A fervent republican, he played an important role in the Storming of the Bastille, when he called the people to arms.Although initially a radical, Desmoulins criticized the excessive violence of the Reign of Terror, leading to his execution on 5 April 1794.. Pre-Revolutionary Life
Introduction Camille Desmoulins Camille Desmoulins; Early life; Outbreak of the Revolution; Journalism; Political career, Le Vieux Cordelier, and downfall
Camille Desmoulins (1760-1794) was a politician and writer, probably the best known journalist of the French Revolution. Desmoulins was born in a small town in Picardy, northern France; his father was a government magistrate. As a teenager Desmoulins gained a scholarship to attend boarding school in Paris.
May 18, 2018 · Desmoulins, Camille (1760–94) French revolutionary. His pamphlets, such as Révolutions de France et de Brabant (1789), were widely read and he was responsible for provoking the mob that attacked the Bastille in 1789. Aligned with Georges Danton, he played a part in bringing down the Girondins, but was guillotined during the Revolution.
(1760–94) French journalist and Revolutionary. He became an advocate in the Paris Parlement in 1785, and four years later, after the dismissal of Necker, he summoned the crowd outside the Palais Royal ‘to arms’.
Lucie Simplice Camille Benoist Desmoulins (March 2, 1760 – April 5, 1794) was a French journalist and politician who played an important role in the French Revolution.He was closely associated with Georges Danton, rising to prominence with Danton and in the end sharing his fate.He is noted for his justification of revolutionary violence which in the end would also claim his own life.
This website is a repository of Camille Desmoulins' works, as well as resources on Camille Desmoulins, Lucile Duplessis, and their world.
Camille Desmoulins, né le 2 mars 1760 à Guise et mort guillotiné le 5 avril 1794 (16 germinal an II) à Paris, est un journaliste et révolutionnaire français. ll est considéré comme une figure majeure de la Révolution française.. Né dans un milieu rural, il étudie au lycée Louis-le-Grand, où il se passionne pour la Rome antique.Son premier discours à Paris en 1789 est un événement déclencheur de la prise de la Bastille.Se faisant connaître comme journaliste, il devient l'un ...
