Camille Desmoulins

Danton (film; 1982) dir. The sudden dismissal of popular finance minister Jacques Necker by King Louis XVI on 11 July 1789 proved the spark that lit the fuse of Desmoulins' fame. In letters to his father at the time he rhapsodized over the procession of deputies entering the Palace of Versailles and criticized the events surrounding the closing of the Salle des Menus Plaisirs to the deputies who had declared themselves the National Assembly - events which lead to the famous swearing of the Tennis Court Oath.

Danton was his ally and in the end the Committee of Public Safety sentenced both of these men to death. Lucie Simplice Camille Benoît Desmoulins (French pronunciation: ​[kamij demulɛ̃]; 2 March 1760 – 5 April 1794) was a journalist and politician who played an important role in the French Revolution.