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30/07/1792 The French national anthem 'La Marseillaise' is first sung

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La Marseillaise: 'The Greatest National Anthem in the World, Ever' - BBC News

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France National Anthem (Instrumental)

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French parliament sings La Marseillaise - BBC News

The song was written in 1792 by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in Strasbourg after the declaration of war by France against Austria, and was originally titled "Chant de guerre pour l'Armée du Rhin". The Marseillaise was a revolutionary song, an anthem to freedom, a patriotic call to mobilize all the citizens and an exhortation to fight against tyranny and foreign invasion.
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