On 14th of July 1795 La Marseillaise was declared as the national anthem of France by the French National Convention.

Written by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle  a French army officer of the French Revolutionary Wars. de Isle 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 .

It was composed at Strasbourg, where Rouget de Lisle was garrisoned in April 1792. France had declared war against Austria. Lisle died in poverty in 1836, however, his remains were transferred to the Invalides on 14 July 1915, during World War 1.

Although it was declared the national anthem in 1795, Napoleon, removed this status from it and the song was banned by Louis XVIII and Charles X. The song became popular with revolutionary groups not just in France. It was not restored as the national anthem of France until 1879.