Camille Desmoulins

Lucie-Simplice-Camille-Benoist Desmoulins (Known as "The Attorney of the Lantern")

Revolutionary Journalist, Orator of the Bastille, Co-Founder of the Cordeliers, Guillotined

Born Mar 02, 1760

Guise (Aisne), France

Passed Away Apr 05, 1794 Paris (Place de la Révolution), French Republic

Lifespan 34 years old

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"Aux armes, citoyens! Il ne nous reste qu'une ressource, c'est de courir aux armes!"

Archival Overview

Passionate revolutionary journalist and orator who leaped onto a café table at the Palais-Royal on July 12, 1789, crying 'Aux armes!', sparking the storming of the Bastille two days later.

Biographical Record

A stammering young lawyer from Guise whose speech became electric when impassioned, Desmoulins co-founded the radical Cordeliers Club with Georges Danton. His fiery pamphlets, including La France libre and Révolutions de France et de Brabant, made him the voice of popular insurrection.

Elected to the National Convention, he initially voted for the King's death, but repented during the Terror. In December 1793, he launched the newspaper Le Vieux Cordelier, courageously calling for a 'Committee of Clemency' to halt the guillotine. Denounced by Robespierre, he was arrested with Danton and executed on the scaffold.

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Final Resting Place

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Errancis Cemetery (Remains later moved to the Catacombs of Paris)
Paris, France

                         GPS: 48.8339, 2.3325                    

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