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Antonio Berney (?-1784) was a French teacher living in Chile, and one of the co-conspirators in the Conspiracy of the Tres Antonios.

Berney arrived in Chile around 1776, where he became teacher of Latin and Mathematics at the Convictorio Carolino, in Santiago. 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 to join him in trying to carry it out. They were soon discovered, denounced and arrested on January 1, 1781. He and Gramusset, because being foreigners, were sent as prisoners first to Lima and then to Spain 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.

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 '''Antonio Berney''' (?-1784) was a [[France|French]] teacher living in [[Chile]], and one of the co-conspirators in the [[Conspiracy of the Tres Antonios]].
-Berney arrived in Chile around 1776, where he became teacher of Latin and Mathematics at the Convictorio Carolino, in [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]]. 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]] to join him in trying to carry it out. They were soon discovered, denounced and arrested on [[January 1]], [[1781]]. He and Gramusset, because being foreigners, were sent as prisoners first to [[Lima]] and then to [[Spain]] 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.
+Berney arrived in Chile around 1776, where he became teacher of Latin and Mathematics at the Convictorio Carolino, in [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]]. 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]] to join him in trying to carry it out. They were soon discovered, denounced and arrested on January 1, 1781. He and Gramusset, because being foreigners, were sent as prisoners first to [[Lima]] and then to [[Spain]] 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.
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