List of Journals appearing during the

French Revolution The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in coup of 18 Brumaire, November 1799. Many of its ...

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* '' Les Actes des Apôtres'' (royalist) : Journiac de Saint-Méard, Suleau * '' Les Annales patriotiques'' :

Louis-Sébastien Mercier Louis-Sébastien Mercier (6 June 1740 – 25 April 1814) was a French dramatist and writer, whose 1771 novel ''L'An 2440'' is an example of proto-science fiction. Early life and education He was born in Paris to a humble family: his father was a ...

, Jean-Louis Carra * ''Les Annales politiques'' : Simon-Nicolas-Henri Linguet * ''L'Ami des citoyens'' :

Jean-Lambert Tallien Jean-Lambert Tallien (, 23 January 1767 – 16 November 1820) was a French politician of the revolutionary period. Though initially an active agent of the Reign of Terror, he eventually clashed with its leader, Maximilien Robespierre, and is best ...

* ''L'Ami des Lois'': a Parisian newspaper published in 1795-1798Gutenberg - Genesis of Napoleonic Propaganda, Hanley
/ref>) * ''L'Ami des Théophilanthropes'' : Armand-Joseph Guffroy * ''

L'Ami du peuple ''L'Ami du peuple'' (, ''The Friend of the People'') was a newspaper written by Jean-Paul Marat during the French Revolution. "The most celebrated radical paper of the Revolution", according to historian Jeremy D. Popkin, ''L’Ami du peuple'' ...

'' : Jean-Paul Marat * ''L'Ami du peuple par Leclerc'' : Jean-Théophile Leclerc * ''L'Ami du roi'' : Christophe Félix Louis Ventre de la Touloubre Galart de Montjoie * ''L'Anti-Fédéraliste'' : ( Comité de salut public) inspired by

Maximilien de Robespierre Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (; 6 May 1758 – 28 July 1794) was a French lawyer and statesman who became one of the best-known, influential and controversial figures of the French Revolution. As a member of the Esta ...

* ''L'Anti-fédéraliste'' :

Claude-François de Payan Claude-François de Payan (4 May 1766, Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux - 28 July 1794, Paris) was a political figure of the French Revolution. He was guillotined 28 July 1794 with 21 others during the Thermidorian Reaction, including Saint-Just and ...

* '' L'Apocalypse'' :

Mirabeau Mirabeau may refer to: People and characters * Mirabeau B. Lamar (1798–1859), second President of the Republic of Texas French nobility * Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau (1715–1789), French physiocrat * Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, com ...

* ''L'Argus patriote'' : Charles Theveneau de Morande

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* '' La Bouche de fer'' : Claude Fauchet, Nicolas de Bonneville * ''Bulletin du tribunal révolutionnaire'' :

Jean-Baptiste Coffinhal Pierre-André Coffinhal-Dubail (), known as Jean-Baptiste Coffinhal (), (7 November 1762 in Vic-sur-Cère – 6 August 1794 in Paris (18 Thermidor Year II)) was a lawyer, French revolutionary, member of the General Council of the Paris commune and a ...

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* '' Le Chien et le Chat'' : Jacques René Hébert * ''La Chronique de Paris'' :

Condorcet Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis of Condorcet (; 17 September 1743 – 29 March 1794), known as Nicolas de Condorcet, was a French philosopher and mathematician. His ideas, including support for a liberal economy, free and equal pu ...

* '' La Chronique du mois'' :

Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois (; 19 June 1749 – 8 June 1796) was a French actor, dramatist, essayist, and revolutionary. He was a member of the Committee of Public Safety during the Reign of Terror and, while he saved Madame Tussaud from the ...

Étienne Clavière Étienne Clavière (29 January 17358 December 1793) was a Genevan-born French financier and politician of the French Revolution. He was French Minister of Finance between 24 March and 12 June 1792, and between 10 August 1792 and 2 June 1793. ...

* '' Le Conservateur'' :

Dominique Joseph Garat Dominique Joseph Garat (8 September 17499 December 1833) was a French Basque writer, lawyer, journalist, philosopher and politician. Biography Garat was born at Bayonne, in the French Basque Country. After a good education under the direction ...

Marie-Joseph Chénier Marie-Joseph Blaise de Chénier (11 February 1764 – 10 January 1811) was a French poet, dramatist and politician of French and Greek origin. Biography The younger brother of André Chénier, Joseph Chénier was born at Constantinople, but ...

, François Daunou * ''Le Contrepoison ou préservatif contre les motions insidieuse''s: (journal royaliste) * ' : Pierre Jacques Michel Chasles * ' (1789) : François-Noël Babeuf, dit ''Grachus Babeuf'' * ''Le Cosmopolite'' : Berthold Proli * ''

Courrier de l'Égypte Courrier may refer to: *''Courrier International'', a Paris-based French weekly newspaper *'' Courrier des États-Unis'', a French language newspaper published by French immigrants in New York *'' Courrier d'Ethiopie'', a French language weekly new ...

'' : published in French-occupied Egypt * ''Le Courier de l'Europe'' : Samuel Swinton, puis Radix de Sainte-Foix (propriétaires), Alphonse-Joseph Serre de la Tour, puis

Charles Théveneau de Morande Charles Théveneau de Morande (9 November 1741– 6 July 1805) was a gutter journalist, blackmailer and French spy who lived in London in the 18th century. Bibliography * Hannah Barker, Simon Burrows (ed.), ''Press, Politics and the Public ...

(directeurs) * ''Le Courrier de Brabant'' :

Camille Desmoulins Lucie-Simplice-Camille-Benoît Desmoulins (; 2 March 17605 April 1794) was a French journalist and politician who played an important role in the French Revolution. Desmoulins was tried and executed alongside Georges Danton when the Committee ...

* ''Le Courrier de Provence'' :

* ''Le Courrier de Versailles à Paris et de Paris à Versailles'' (de 1789 à 1792) : Antoine-Joseph Gorsas

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* ''Les Dames nationales ou le Kalendrier des citoyennes'' :

Restif de La Bretonne Nicolas Restif de la Bretonne, born Nicolas-Edme Rétif or Nicolas-Edme Restif (; 23 October 1734 – 3 February 1806), also known as Rétif, was a French novelist. The term '' retifism'' for shoe fetishism was named after him (an early nov ...

* ''Le Défenseur de la liberté'' :

Pierre Philippeaux Pierre Philippeaux, (9 November 1754 – 5 April 1794, Paris) was a French lawyer who was a deputy to the National Convention for Sarthe. Life A lawyer then judge at the district tribunal for Le Mans, he created the newspaper ''Le défenseu ...

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* ''La France vue de l'armée d'Italie'' : Michel Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély

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La Gazette ''La Gazette'' (), originally ''Gazette de France'', was the first weekly magazine published in France. It was founded by Théophraste Renaudot and published its first edition on 30 May 1631. It progressively became the mouthpiece of one royal ...

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Théophraste Renaudot Théophraste Renaudot (; December 158625 October 1653) was a French physician, philanthropist, and journalist. Born in Loudun, Renaudot received a doctorate of medicine from the University of Montpellier in 1606. He returned to Loudon where he ...

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Chamfort Sébastien-Roch Nicolas, known in his adult life as Nicolas Chamfort and as Sébastien Nicolas de Chamfort (; 6 April 1741 – 13 April 1794), was a French writer, best known for his epigrams and aphorisms. He was secretary to Louis XVI's siste ...

* ''Il Giornale patriotico di Corsica'' : Philippe Buonarrotti

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* ''Histoire des Révolutions de France et de Brabant'' :

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* ''Journal de la liberté de la presse'' : François Noël Babeuf dite

Gracchus Babeuf The Gracchi brothers were two Roman brothers, sons of Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus who was consul in 177 BC. Tiberius, the elder brother, was tribune of the plebs in 133 BC and Gaius, the younger brother, was tribune a decade later in ...

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Journal de Malte The ''Journal de Malte'' was Malta's first newspaper, and it was published between July and September 1798 during the French occupation of Malta. Written in French and Italian, a total of ten issues of the newspaper are believed to have been p ...

'' : published in French-occupied Malta * ''Journal de la Montagne'' * ''Journal de l'opposition'' : Pierre-François Réal * ''

Journal de Paris The ''Journal de Paris'' (1777–1840) was the first daily French newspaper.(7 October 2014)The first French daily: Journal de Paris History of JournalismAndrews, ElizabethBetween Auteurs and Abonnés: Reading the Journal de Paris, 1787–1789 '' ...

'' : Corancez, Antoine Cadet de Vaux, Dussieux, N. Xhrouet * ''Journal de Paris'' : Michel Louis Étienne Regnault de Saint-Jean d'Angely * ''Journal de Perlet'' : Charles Frédéric Perlet * ''Journal des amis de la Constitution'' :

Pierre Choderlos de Laclos Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de Laclos (; 18 October 1741 – 5 September 1803) was a French novelist, official, Freemason and army general, best known for writing the epistolary novel '' Les Liaisons dangereuses'' (''Dangerous Liaisons'' ...

* '' Journal des Défenseurs de la patrie'' * ''

Journal des débats The ''Journal des débats'' ( French for: Journal of Debates) was a French newspaper, published between 1789 and 1944 that changed title several times. Created shortly after the first meeting of the Estates-General of 1789, it was, after the ou ...

'' * ''Journal des Halles'' * ''Journal des laboureurs'' : Joseph Lequinio * ''Journal des lois'' : Charles-Nicolas Osselin * ''Journal du soir sans réflexions et courriers de Paris et de Londres'' : Étienne Feuillant * ''Le Journal du soir sans réflexions et le courrier de la capitale'' : Étienne Feuillant; Denis Tremblay et

Jacques René Hébert Ancient and noble French family names, Jacques, Jacq, or James are believed to originate from the Middle Ages in the historic northwest Brittany region in France, and have since spread around the world over the centuries. To date, there are over ...

* ''Journal général'' : l'abbé Fontenai * ''Journal politique et littéraire'' : Simon-Nicolas-Henri Linguet

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* ''La lanterne magique'' : Boisset * ''Lettres à mes commettants'' :

* ''Lettres bougrement patriotiques du Père Duchêne'' : Antoine Lemaire

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* ''La Manufacture'' * Le Mémorial :

Jean-François de La Harpe Jean-François de La Harpe (20 November 173911 February 1803) was a French playwright, writer and literary critic. Life La Harpe was born in Paris of poor parents. His father, who signed himself Delharpe, was a descendant of a noble family orig ...

, Fontanes, Vauxelles * '' Le Miroir'' : Claude François Beaulieu (journal royaliste) * ''

Le Moniteur Universel was a French newspaper founded in Paris on November 24, 1789 under the title by Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, and which ceased publication on December 31, 1868. It was the main French newspaper during the French Revolution and was for a long tim ...

'' : Charles-Joseph Panckouke

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* ''Nouvelles ecclésiastiques''

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* ''Observateur'' : Gabriel Feydel * ''L'Orateur du peuple'' : Stanislas Fréron

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* '' Le Patriote français'' :

Jacques Pierre Brissot Jacques Pierre Brissot (, 15 January 1754 – 31 October 1793), who assumed the name of de Warville (an English version of "d'Ouarville", a hamlet in the village of Lèves where his father owned property), was a leading member of the Girondins du ...

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Le Père Duchesne ''Le Père Duchesne'' (; "Old Man Duchesne" or "Father Duchesne") was an extreme radical newspaper during the French Revolution, edited by Jacques Hébert, who published 385 issues from September 1790 until eleven days before his death by guill ...

'' : Jacques Hébert * '' Le Père Duchêne de Jean Charles Jumel'' : Abbé Jean Charles Jumel * ''Les Petites affiches'' : Pierre Bénézech * ''Le Point du jour'' : Barère de Vieuzac * ''Le Publiciste de la République française'':

Jacques Roux Jacques Roux (, 21 August 1752 – 10 February 1794) was a radical Roman Catholic priest who took an active role in politics during the French Revolution. He skillfully expounded the ideals of popular democracy and classless society to crowds of ...

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La Quotidienne ''La Quotidienne'' was a French Royalist newspaper. History It was set up in 1790 by M. de Coutouly. It ceased publication in the face of events in 1792, before returning to print in July 1794 under the title ''Le Tableau de Paris'', returning to ...

'': Coutouli et Ripert (journal royaliste)

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* ': * ''Le Républicain'' :

Thomas Paine Thomas Paine (born Thomas Pain; – In the contemporary record as noted by Conway, Paine's birth date is given as January 29, 1736–37. Common practice was to use a dash or a slash to separate the old-style year from the new-style year. In th ...

* '' Retour du Père Duchêne, premier poêlier du monde'' : M. de Mont-Lucy * ''Le Réveil du peuple'' * ''La Révolution de 1792'' :

Louis Ange Pitou Louis Ange Pitou (April 1767 in Valainville, a commune of Moléans from Châteaudun – 8 May 1846 in Paris) was a French author and counterrevolutionary. Biography He entered the priesthood, but after the beginning of the French Revolution ...

* ''Les Révolutions de France et de Brabant'' :

* ''Les Révolutions de Paris'' : Elisée Loustalot, Sylvain Maréchal,

Fabre d'Églantine Philippe François Nazaire Fabre d'Églantine (, 28 July 1750 – 5 April 1794), commonly known as Fabre d'Églantine, was a French actor, dramatist, poet, and politician of the French Revolution. He is best known for having invented the names of ...

, Pierre-Gaspard Chaumette, Léger-Félicité Sonthonax * ''Le Rougyff ou le franc en vedette'' :

Armand-Joseph Guffroy Armand-Benoît-Joseph Guffroy (10 November 1742 – 9 February 1801) was a lawyer and politician of the French Revolution The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with th ...

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La Sentinelle La Sentinelle () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. See also *Communes of the Nord department The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic. The communes cooperate in the ...

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* ''Le Thermomètre du jour'' : Jacques-Antoine Dulaure * ''Le Tocsin de Liège'' * '' La Tribune des patriotes'' :

Louis-Marie Stanislas Fréron Louis-Marie Stanislas Fréron (17 August 1754 – 15 July 1802) was a French politician, journalist, representative to the National Assembly, and a representative on mission during the French Revolution. Background The son of Elie-Catherine Fr ...

* ''Le Tribun du peuple'' :

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Le Vieux Cordelier ''Le Vieux Cordelier'' () was a journal published in France between 5 December 1793 and 3 February 1794. Its radical criticism of ultra-revolutionary fervor and repression in France during the Reign of Terror contributed significantly to the downf ...

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* ''Les Vitres cassées'' (1789) : Antoine Lemaire

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