Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Alessandro Cagliostro across 3 places, from 1789 to 1795.
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Giuseppe Balsamo (2 June 1743 – 26 August 1795), known by the alias Count Alessandro di Cagliostro, was an Italian occultist, self-styled magician and confidence trickster.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Alessandro Cagliostro was documented, and when
27 December 1789exact date
Romeattested“On 27 December 1789, he was arrested for attempting to found a Masonic lodge in Rome, and was imprisoned in the Castel Sant'Angelo.”source: Wikipedia: Alessandro Cagliostro
27 December 1789exact date
Castel Sant'Angeloattested“On 27 December 1789, he was arrested for attempting to found a Masonic lodge in Rome, and was imprisoned in the Castel Sant'Angelo.”source: Wikipedia: Alessandro Cagliostro
26 August 1795exact date
Forte di San Leoattested“He was tried and originally sentenced to death but the sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment at the Forte di San Leo, where he would die on 26 August 1795.”source: Wikipedia: Alessandro Cagliostro
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Naplesmentioned“By this time, c 1754 and age 21, Cagliostro had earned the respect of Pinto, who inducted him as a Knight of Malta, supplied him with money and sent him to Naples, accompanied by the Chevalier d'Aquino, of the Neapolitan House of Caraman…”source: Wikipedia: Alessandro Cagliostro
1767year
Romementioned“He visited churches and was often at the homes of cardinals; these connections produced letters of introduction which led him, c 1767, to Rome.”source: Wikipedia: Alessandro Cagliostro
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Parismentioned“In 1772, the Cagliostros traveled to Paris in the company of another man, known only as 'M.”source: Wikipedia: Alessandro Cagliostro
1776year
Londonmentioned“In 1776, they reached London, by which time they were financially comfortable.”source: Wikipedia: Alessandro Cagliostro
December 1777month
Londonmentioned“In December 1777 Cagliostro and Serafina left London for the mainland, after which they travelled through various German states, visiting lodges of the Rite of Strict Observance looking for converts to Cagliostro's "Egyptian Freemasonry".”source: Wikipedia: Alessandro Cagliostro
February 1779month
Jelgavamentioned“In February 1779 Cagliostro traveled to Mitau, (nowadays Latvia), where he met the poet Elisa von der Recke.”source: Wikipedia: Alessandro Cagliostro
September 1780month
Saint Petersburgmentioned“In September 1780, after failing in Saint Petersburg to win the patronage of Russian Tsaritsa Catherine the Great, the Cagliostros made their way to Strasbourg, at that time in France.”source: Wikipedia: Alessandro Cagliostro
September 1780month
Strasbourgmentioned“In September 1780, after failing in Saint Petersburg to win the patronage of Russian Tsaritsa Catherine the Great, the Cagliostros made their way to Strasbourg, at that time in France.”source: Wikipedia: Alessandro Cagliostro
September 1780month
Francementioned“In September 1780, after failing in Saint Petersburg to win the patronage of Russian Tsaritsa Catherine the Great, the Cagliostros made their way to Strasbourg, at that time in France.”source: Wikipedia: Alessandro Cagliostro
Parismentioned“In January 1785 Cagliostro and his wife went to Paris in response to the entreaties of Cardinal Rohan.”source: Wikipedia: Alessandro Cagliostro
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