Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle

French army officer

Date of Birth: 10-May-1760

Place of Birth: Lons-le-Saunier, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Date of Death: 26-Jun-1836

Profession: writer, composer, military personnel, poet, engineer, playwright, songwriter

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (French: [klod ??z?f ?u?? d(?) lil]), sometimes spelled de l'Isle or de Lile (10 May 1760 – 26 June 1836), was a French army officer of the French Revolutionary Wars.
He is known for writing the words and music of the Chant de guerre pour l'armée du Rhin in 1792, which would later be known as La Marseillaise and become the French national anthem.