1789 ⟶ Desmoulins' Newspaper Begins Publication, Attacks Royalists
November 28: First issue of Desmoulins' weekly Histoire des ...
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1789
1790
📰 Desmoulins' Newspaper Begins Publication, Attacks Royalists
November 28: First issue of Desmoulins' weekly Histoire des Révolutions de France et de Brabant, savagely attacking royalists and aristocrats.⟶
French RevolutionJournalismPropagandaPolitical SatireRadicalismRoyalistsAristocratsPressDesmoulins
📰 Brissot Launches 'Le Patriote français' Newspaper
July 28: Jacques Pierre Brissot begins publication of Le Patriote français, an influential newspaper of the revolutionary movement known as the Girondins.⟶
French RevolutionJournalismPropagandaGirondinsPressPolitical DiscourseInformationPublic OpinionRevolutionary IdeasSociety
📢 Desmoulins Publishes Pro-Mob Pamphlet 'Discours de la lanterne'
September 15: Desmoulins publishes Discours de la lanterne aux Parisiens, a radical pamphlet justifying political violence and exalting the Parisian mob.⟶
French RevolutionRadicalismPolitical PamphletViolenceMob RuleDesmoulinsParisPropagandaPublic OpinionRevolutionary Journalism
📰 Marat's L'Ami du peuple Launches, Advocating Radical Revolution
September 16: First issue of Jean Paul Marat's newspaper, L'Ami du peuple, proposing a radical social and political revolution.⟶
French RevolutionNewspapersPropagandaRadicalismMaratPublic OpinionPolitical DiscourseJournalismRevolutionary IdealsPress
📰 Marat's Attack on Necker Published
January 18: Marat publishes a fierce attack on finance minister Necker.⟶
MaratNeckerJournalismPressPamphletPolitical CriticismFrench RevolutionPropagandaPublic OpinionRadicalism
📰 Marat Resumes L'Ami du Peuple Publication
May 18: Marat returns to Paris and resumes publication of L'Ami du people.⟶
MaratL'Ami du PeupleJournalismPressPropagandaRadicalismFrench RevolutionParisPoliticsPublic Opinion