Timeline

March 2, 1760  – Birth of Camille Desmoulins, in Guise
January 18, 1770 – Birth of Lucile Duplessis, in Paris
October 1, 1771 – Matriculation of Camille Desmoulins at collège Louis-le-Grand
May 10, 1774 – Death of Louis XV
August 3, 1781 – Camille Desmoulins receives his maître ès arts
March 3, 1785 – Camille Desmoulins receives his license in law
March 5, 1789 – Opening of the assembly of the third estate in the bailiwick of Guise
March 16, 1789 – Opening of the assembly of the third estate in Vermandois, in Laon
May 5, 1789 – Opening of the Estates General in Versailles
June 17, 1789 – Proclamation of the National Assembly 
July 12, 1789 – Camille Desmoulins gives his call to arms in the Palais-Royal
July 14, 1789 – Storming of the Bastille
Mid-July, 1789 – Publication of La France Libre 
September 15, 1789 – Publication of Discours de la lanterne aux Parisiens
October 5-6, 1789 – Women’s march on Versailles 
November 28, 1789 – First number of the Révolutions de France et de Brabant 
January 27, 1790 – Camille Desmoulins is brought to court for insulting Sanson 
February 24, 1790 – Camille Desmoulins enrolls in the Cordeliers district 
July 31, 1790 – Malouet obtains order that Camille be prosecuted for the crime of lèse-nation 
December 29, 1790 – Marriage of Camille Desmoulins and Lucile Duplessis at the Church of Saint-Sulpice in Paris 
April 2, 1791 – Death of Mirabeau
June 20, 1791 – Flight of the King
July 17, 1791 – Champ-de-Mars massacre
October 21, 1791 – Speech of Camille Desmoulins at the Jacobin Club on the political situation of the nation
December 25, 1791 – Speech of Camille Desmoulins at the Jacobin Club against the offensive war 
February 1792 – Publication of Jean-Piere Brissot démasqué 
April 20, 1792 – War is declared 
Spring 1792 – Publication of La Tribune des Patriotes 
July 6, 1792 – Birth of Horace Camille Desmoulins 
July 2, 1792 – Speech of Camille Desmoulins before the Commune of Paris, on the situation in the Capital 
August 10, 1792 – Insurrection of August 10 and storming of the Tuileries Palace
August 12, 1792  – Danton, minister of Justice,  appoints Camille Desmoulins as secretary
September 2-6, 1792 – September massacres
September 8, 1792 – Camille Desmoulins is elected as deputy of Paris to the Convention 
October 6, 1792 – Publication of the first number of Révolutions de France et de Brabant, seconde partie , by Camille Desmoulins and Merlin de Thionville 
January 20, 1793 – Assassination of Louis-Michel le Peletier
January 21, 1793 – Execution of Louis XVI
March 26, 1793 – Camille Desmoulins is elected to the Commission on Public Safety. He remains a member until it is replaced by the Committee of Public Safety on April 6.
May 1793 – Camille Desmoulins publishes l’Histoire des Brissotins 
May 31 – June 2, 1793 – Expulsion of the Girondins 
June 14, 1793 – Camille Desmoulins joins the committee on war, where he sits until September 
July 13, 1793 – Assassination of Marat
July 1793 – Camille publishes Lettre de Camille Desmoulins … au général Dillon, en prison aux Madelonettes.
September 17, 1793  – The Law of Suspects is passed
October 10, 1793 – The Convention passes decree establishing emergency government 
October 31, 1793 – Execution of Brissot and other Girondin leaders 
December 4, 1793 – The Law of 14 Frimaire is passed, consolidating power in the Committee of Public Safety
December 5, 1793 – Publication of the first number of Le Vieux Cordelier
March 24, 1794 – Conviction and execution of Cordeliers leaders, including Jacques Hébert
March 29, 1794 – Death of Camille Desmoulins’ mother,  Marie Madeleine Godart (b. February 26, 1731)
March 31, 1794 – Arrest of Camille Desmoulins 
April 4, 1794 – Arrest of Lucile Desmoulins
April 5, 1794 – Execution of Camille Desmoulins, with Danton, Fabre d’Eglantine, Hérault de Séchelles, and Pierre Philippeaux
April 13, 1794 – Execution of Lucile Desmoulins 
July 28, 1794 – Execution of Robespierre and followers
October 20, 1794 – Death of Lucile’s father, Claude Étienne Laridon-Duplessis (b. October 21, 1733)
October 14, 1795 – Death of Camille’s father,  Jean Benoît Nicolas Desmoulins (b. October 17, 1725)
June 29, 1835 – Death of Horace Camille Desmoulins of yellow fever, in Haiti
July 1835 – Death of Lucile’s mother, Annette Duplessis (Anne Françoise Marc Bosdeveix, b. March 1, 1751 )  
August 16, 1863 – Death of Lucile’s sister, Adèle Duplessis (Adélaïde Christine Laridon-Duplessis, b. March 12, 1774)