Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Alfred Dreyfus across 7 places, from 1859 to 1935.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Alfred Dreyfus (9 October 1859 – 12 July 1935) was a French Army officer best known for his central role in the Dreyfus affair.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Alfred Dreyfus is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Alfred Dreyfus was documented, and when
9 October 1859exact date
Mulhouseattested“Born in Mulhouse, Alsace on 9 October 1859, to Raphaël and Jeannette Dreyfus (née Libmann), Alfred Dreyfus was the youngest of nine children (seven of whom survived to adulthood).”source: Wikipedia: Alfred Dreyfus
1870year
Baselattested“Alfred was 10 years old when the Franco-Prussian War broke out in the summer of 1870, and following the annexation of Alsace-Lorraine by Germany after the war, he and his family moved to Basel, Switzerland, where he attended high school.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred Dreyfus
July 1906month
Devil's Islandattested“Had Dreyfus refused the pardon, he would have been returned to Devil's Island, a fate he could no longer emotionally cope with; so officially Dreyfus remained a traitor to France, and pointedly remarked upon his release: For two years, u…”source: Wikipedia: Alfred Dreyfus
July 1906month
Carpentras, Franceattested“Had Dreyfus refused the pardon, he would have been returned to Devil's Island, a fate he could no longer emotionally cope with; so officially Dreyfus remained a traitor to France, and pointedly remarked upon his release: For two years, u…”source: Wikipedia: Alfred Dreyfus
July 1906month
Colognyattested“Had Dreyfus refused the pardon, he would have been returned to Devil's Island, a fate he could no longer emotionally cope with; so officially Dreyfus remained a traitor to France, and pointedly remarked upon his release: For two years, u…”source: Wikipedia: Alfred Dreyfus
July 1906month
Franceattested“Had Dreyfus refused the pardon, he would have been returned to Devil's Island, a fate he could no longer emotionally cope with; so officially Dreyfus remained a traitor to France, and pointedly remarked upon his release: For two years, u…”source: Wikipedia: Alfred Dreyfus
In each of these, a source puts Alfred Dreyfus and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
that Alfred Dreyfus was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason:
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October 1877month
Parismentioned“Following his 18th birthday in October 1877, he enrolled in the elite military school in Paris, where he received military training and an education in the sciences.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred Dreyfus
1880 to 1882period
Fontainebleaumentioned“From 1880 to 1882, he attended the artillery school at Fontainebleau to receive more specialized training as an artillery officer.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred Dreyfus
1891 to 1946period
United Statesmentioned“Their son, Pierre Léon Dreyfus (1891–1946), escaped to the United States in 1943.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred Dreyfus
1894year
Parismentioned“In 1894, this made the French Army's counter-intelligence section, led by Lieutenant Colonel Jean Sandherr, aware that information regarding new artillery parts was being passed to Maximilian von Schwartzkoppen, the German military attac…”source: Wikipedia: Alfred Dreyfus
22 December 1894exact date
French Guianamentioned“On 22 December 1894, Dreyfus was summarily convicted in a closed court martial and sentenced to life imprisonment which was to be served on Devil's Island in French Guiana.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred Dreyfus
November 1896month
Soussementioned“Picquart was silenced by being transferred to command a tirailleur regiment based in Sousse, Tunisia, in November 1896.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred Dreyfus
15 October 1906exact date
Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denismentioned“On 15 October 1906, he was placed in command of another artillery unit at Saint-Denis.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred Dreyfus
4 June 1908exact date
Panthéonmentioned“While attending a ceremony relocating Zola's ashes to the Panthéon on 4 June 1908, Dreyfus was wounded in the arm by a gunshot from a right-wing journalist, , who was trying to assassinate him.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred Dreyfus
1917year
Battle of Verdunmentioned“However, he also performed front-line duties in 1917, notably at Verdun and on the Chemin des Dames.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred Dreyfus
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