Pierre-Antoine Antonelle, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French republican and journalist
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Place of Birth: Arles, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
About Pierre-Antoine Antonelle
- Pierre-Antoine Antonelle (17 July 1747 – 26 November 1817) was a French journalist, politician, president of the Jacobin Club and revolutionary.
- He was the first democratically elected mayor of Arles.
- Although he came from an aristocratic family, he was a strong supporter of the French Revolution, initially in the south of France, particularly Arles and Provence, and ultimately in Paris.
- Called the single most influential figure of the French Revolution in Arles, Antonelle was heavily involved in the reunion of the Comtat Venaissin with France and was one of the leading figures in Gracchus Babeuf's Conspiracy of the Equals.
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