Captain Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle (singing) is said to have composed "La Marseillaise" on April 24, 1792.

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The national anthem of France is "La Marseillaise." It was named after a group of national guardsmen from the city of Marseillaise in southern France marched to Paris to celebrate the storming of the Bastille. Captain Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, singing here singing, is said to have composed the song on the night of April 24, 1792.

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