Camille Desmoulins

(1760-1794)

18th-century French journalist, politician, and revolutionary

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Lucie-Simplice-Camille-Benoît Desmoulins (2 March 1760 – 5 April 1794) was a French journalist and politician who played an important role in the French Revolution. Desmoulins was tried and executed alongside Georges Danton when the Committee of Public Safety reacted against Dantonist opposition. He was a schoolmate of Maximilien Robespierre and a close friend and political ally of Danton, who were both influential figures in the French Revolution. He is best known for criticizing the repressive measures of the Reign of Terror and pleading for clemency in Le Vieux Cordelier (1793-1794), as well as for calling the people to arms before the Palais Royal on July 12, 1789, which helped incite the storming of the Bastille.

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Born	Lucie Simplice Camille Benoît Desmoulins 2 March 1760 Guise, Aisne, in Picardy
Died	5 April 1794 (aged 34) Place de la Révolution, Paris, France
Zodiac	Pisces
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Lucile Duplessis 1770-1794 · French · m. 1790 info edit

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Horace Camille info 1st child with Lucile Duplessis Male b. 6 Jul 1792 · Age: 233 · 1792- · Celebrity Baby

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Maximilien Robespierre · Associate · 1758-1794 · French revolutionary lawyer and politician edit info

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