Giovanni Maria Angioy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetGiovanni Maria Angioy
Sardinian politician
Date of Birth: 21-Oct-1751
Place of Birth: Bono, Italy, Sardinia, Italy
Date of Death: 22-Feb-1808
Profession: politician, civil servant
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Giovanni Maria Angioy
- Notwithstanding the maladministration, the sparse population and all the impediments which stand in the way of agricultural, trade and industrial development, Sardinia is well provided with everything necessary for the nourishment and sustenance of its own inhabitants.
- If Sardinia, even in a state of neglect, without a government and industry of its own, and after all these centuries of misfortunes, has still so many resources, one may conclude that, if it were well managed, it would be one of the most prosperous states of Europe, and that the ancients were not wrong to paint it as a country renowned for its size, for its population, and for the copiousness of its manifacture. Giovanni Maria Angioy (Italian: [d?o'vanni ma'ri?a an'd??i]; Sardinian: Juanne Maria Angioy [ju'anne ma'?i.a an'd?o.i]; 21 October 1751, Bono – 22 February 1808, Paris) was a Sardinian politician and patriot and is considered to be a national hero by Sardinian nationalists.
- Although best known for his political activities, Angioy was a university lecturer, a judge for the Reale Udienza, an entrepreneur and a banker. From 1794 to 1796, Angioy contributed in shaping and guiding the mass revolt known as "Sardinian Vespers", which was fought to end the feudal privileges and laws that still existed on the island of Sardinia, and to declare the island to be a republic.
- In 1796, due to persecution by the ruling House of Savoy, he had to escape from Sardinia.
- Angioy found refuge in France, where he sought support for a French annexation of the island.
- He died, unsuccessful, in Paris at the age of fifty-six.
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