Today in History

April 25, 1792

La Marseillaise

On April 25th, 1792, Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle composed "La Marseillaise", the song destined to become the French national anthem. Rouget composed the song as a rallying cry as Prussian and Austrian armies marched on France. The song became the French national anthem on Bastille Day in 1795. Napoleon I banned it during his reign; however, it was re-instated in 1879.

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