Camille Desmoulins Biography

Desmoulins wrote La France Libre, a radical pamphlet attacking the political structure of the old regime.

Desmoulins addressed crowds at the Palais Royal and helped mobilize Parisians after news of Necker's dismissal.

Desmoulins launched his political periodical Revolutions de France et de Brabant to attack aristocracy, clergy and monarchy.

Desmoulins joined the Cordeliers Club under Danton's presidency and became prominent in radical political journalism.

Camille Desmoulins presented a petition demanding an end to the King's veto.

Presents a petition demanding an end to the King's veto

Attacks the king's veto and supports stronger popular pressure after the Varennes crisis

Attacks the king's veto and supports stronger popular pressure after the Varennes crisis.

Desmoulins attacks the royal flight in revolutionary journalism and supports stronger popular action

Desmoulins attacks the royal flight in revolutionary journalism and supports stronger popular action.

Danton appointed Desmoulins as a secretary in the Ministry of Justice after the August insurrection.

Desmoulins worked with Danton and militants of the Theatre-Francais district during the insurrection against the monarchy.

Paris voters sent Desmoulins to the Convention, where he took his seat with the Montagnards.

Desmoulins published the first issue of Le Vieux Cordelier, initially attacking the Hebertists before turning toward an indulgent position.

Desmoulins quickly turned his pen against the Committee of Public Safety and the Committee of General Security, comparing their reign to that of the Roman tyrants chronicled by Tacitus and expounding the "indulgent" views of the Dantonist faction

Desmoulins quickly turned his pen against the Committee of Public Safety and the Committee of General Security, comparing their reign to that of the Roman tyrants chronicled by Tacitus and expounding the "indulgent" views of the Dantonist faction.

Desmoulins launched Le Vieux Cordelier against the Hebertists, then increasingly criticized emergency committees and promoted the Dantonist call for clemency.

Journalist Camille Desmoulins begins publishing Le Vieux Cordelier, a newspaper which was initially aimed, with the approval of Robespierre and the Committee of Public Safety at the ultra-revolutionary Hebertist faction. Desmoulins quickly turned his pen against the Committee of Public Safety and the Committee of General Security, comparing their reign to that of the Roman tyrants chronicled by Tacitus and expounding the "indulgent" views of the Dantonist faction

The Committee of Public Safety and the Committee of General Security ensure that Desmoulins and Danton are arrested

The Committee of Public Safety and the Committee of General Security ensure that Desmoulins and Danton are arrested.

The Committee of Public Safety and the Committee of General Security ensure that Desmoulins and Danton are arrested

Desmoulins is imprisoned with the Dantonists after calling for clemency and attacking revolutionary excess

Desmoulins is imprisoned with the Dantonists after calling for clemency and attacking revolutionary excess.