Antonio Berney (died 1784) was a French teacher living in
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
, and one of the conspirators in the
Conspiracy of the Tres Antonios
The conspiracy of the three Antonios (1781) ( es, conspiración de los tres Antonios) was a minor failed conspiracy against the Spanish colonial authorities in the captaincy-general of Chile, that was led by two Frenchmen, Antoine Gramusset and An ...
.
Berney arrived in Chile around 1776, where he became teacher of Latin and Mathematics at the Convictorio Carolino, in
Santiago
Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose ...
. He was a constant reader of the
Encyclopédie, and in 1780, he formulated a plan to establish Chile as an independent republic and convinced
Antonio Gramusset and
José Antonio de Rojas
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ).
In French, the name ''José'', pronounced ...
to join him in trying to carry it out. They were soon discovered, denounced and arrested on January 1, 1781. Because they were foreigners, he and Gramusset were sent as prisoners first to
Lima
Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of t ...
and then to
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
to be tried. The ship that was carrying them, the
''San Pedro de Alcantara'', went down in front of the coasts of Portugal during a storm, and he drowned.
18th-century births
1784 deaths
18th-century Chilean people
French emigrants to Chile
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