Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Adolphe Thiers across 4 places, from 1797 to 1871.
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Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers (15 April 1797 to 3 September 1877) was a French statesman and historian who served as President of France from 1871 to 1873.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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15 April 1797exact date
Marseilleattested“Adolphe Thiers was born out of wedlock in Marseille on 15 April 1797, during the rule of the Directorate.”source: Wikipedia: Adolphe Thiers
November 1815month
Aix-en-Provenceattested“He won admission to a lycée of Marseille through a competitive examination, and then, with the help of his relatives, was able to enter the faculty of law in Aix-en-Provence in November 1815.”source: Wikipedia: Adolphe Thiers
1821year
Parisattested“In 1821, the 24-year-old Thiers moved to Paris with just 100 francs in his pocket.”source: Wikipedia: Adolphe Thiers
1830year
Franceattested“Thiers did more than any other Frenchman to keep alive in France "la légende napoléonienne", which made possible the second empire with all its disastrous consequences for France." Thiers' account of the French invasion of Russia was sha…”source: Wikipedia: Adolphe Thiers
June 1871month
Franceattested“In June 1871, against the wishes of Thiers, the Assembly voted by 472 to 97 to allow exiled members of the Bourbons and Orleans families to return to France.”source: Wikipedia: Adolphe Thiers
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1822year
Spainmentioned“When a revolution broke out in Spain in 1822, he traveled as far as the Pyrenees to write about it.”source: Wikipedia: Adolphe Thiers
1825year
Parismentioned“He showed no interest towards Adolphe, and only contacted him in 1825 when he was becoming famous in the Paris journalism scene, to ask him for money.”source: Wikipedia: Adolphe Thiers
June 1832month
Saint-Merrimentioned“The funeral of an anti-government figure, General Lamarque, in June 1832, later immortalized by Victor Hugo in Les Misérables, turned into the June Rebellion against the monarchy, with barricades raised in the Saint-Merri district.”source: Wikipedia: Adolphe Thiers
1833year
Académie Françaisementioned“In 1833, he was nominated for an open seat in the Académie française, based on his ten-volume history of the French Revolution, and other books he had written on the law and public finance, and the 1830 monarchy, and the Congress of Verona.”source: Wikipedia: Adolphe Thiers
July 1833month
Place Vendômementioned“In July 1833, Thiers dedicated a new Paris landmark, the column in Place Vendôme.”source: Wikipedia: Adolphe Thiers
1834year
Francementioned“He returned to the Interior Ministry in 1834–36, and had to deal with discontent of the growing working class in France's large cities.”source: Wikipedia: Adolphe Thiers
9 April 1834exact date
Lyonmentioned“A workers' revolt in Lyon on 9 April 1834, caused by a reduction of salaries, led to riots and the death of 170 workers and 130 police and soldiers.”source: Wikipedia: Adolphe Thiers
1837year
Italymentioned“He went to Italy two more times in 1837, renting the Villa di Castello and going through the archives.”source: Wikipedia: Adolphe Thiers
1838year
Académie Françaisementioned“The work was praised by the French authors Chateaubriand, Stendhal and Sainte-Beuve, was translated into English (1838) and Spanish (1889), and won him a seat in the Académie française in 1834.”source: Wikipedia: Adolphe Thiers
December 1840month
Académie Françaisementioned“In December 1840, Thiers helped secure the election of Victor Hugo to the Académie Française, despite the opposition of the more conservative members.”source: Wikipedia: Adolphe Thiers
1846year
Francementioned“In the spring of 1846, Louis-Napoleon, disguised as a stonemason, escaped from the prison at Ham and fled to England, where he waited for an opportunity to make a grand return to France.”source: Wikipedia: Adolphe Thiers
1846year
Englandmentioned“In the spring of 1846, Louis-Napoleon, disguised as a stonemason, escaped from the prison at Ham and fled to England, where he waited for an opportunity to make a grand return to France.”source: Wikipedia: Adolphe Thiers
28 December 1847exact date
Algeriamentioned“I will only take the ministry if I can be the master of it." A proposal to make a larger number of citizens eligible to vote was rejected by Guizot and his government: Guizot declared to the Chamber, "the day will not come for universal…”source: Wikipedia: Adolphe Thiers
2 December 1851exact date
Parismentioned“Early in the morning of 2 December 1851, in what became known as the December 1851 coup d'état, the army took up positions in key positions in Paris, and at six a.m.”source: Wikipedia: Adolphe Thiers
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