1. Pierre-Antoine Antonelle was a French journalist, politician, president of the Jacobin Club and revolutionary.
15 Facts About Pierre-Antoine Antonelle
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Pierre-Antoine Antonelle was born to a wealthy aristocratic family in Arles.
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In 1762, Pierre-Antoine Antonelle served as a cadet in the Armee, eventually reaching the rank of lieutenant and commanding his own regiment.
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Pierre-Antoine Antonelle had little taste for army life, resigning in 1782.
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Pierre-Antoine Antonelle, heavily inspired by the Age of Enlightenment was an early supporter of the French Revolution.
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Pierre-Antoine Antonelle was the leader of the Monnaidiers, the Arlesien partisans of the Revolution.
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Pierre-Antoine Antonelle was sent to the Armee du Nord with orders to arrest Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, but was detained in Mezieres while La Fayette escaped.
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Pierre-Antoine Antonelle refused to strongly condemn the Girondists, a move which was regarded with suspicion by Antonelle's Jacobin allies, and Antonelle was imprisoned until the Thermidorian reaction.
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Shortly after being freed from prison, Pierre-Antoine Antonelle sided with the National Convention during the insurrection of 13 Vendemiaire.
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Pierre-Antoine Antonelle was fired from the position after only ten days, and he moved on to become one of the principal contributors to the Journal des hommes libres.
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In 1796, Pierre-Antoine Antonelle was named one of the secret directors of the Conspiracy of Equals but was acquitted, possibly due to the influence of Paul Barras.
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Pierre-Antoine Antonelle supported the Coup of 18 Fructidor but was nearly imprisoned again when Antoine Christophe Merlin attempted to have Antonelle deported as an aristocrat.
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Pierre-Antoine Antonelle was elected deputy of the Bouches-du-Rhone, but the election was declared invalid the next day.
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Frustrated, Pierre-Antoine Antonelle began to publish anti-government polemics and co-founded the Club du Manege.
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Shortly before Napoleon's coup d'etat, Pierre-Antoine Antonelle was elected to the Council of 500, but the election was again annulled.