Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Catherine de' Medici across 4 places, from 1564 to 1579.
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Catherine de' Medici (13 April 1519 – 5 January 1589) was Queen of France from 1547 to 1559 by marriage to King Henry II.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Catherine de' Medici was documented, and when
1564 to 1573period
Château de Fontainebleauattested“They depict events held at Fontainebleau in 1564; at Bayonne in 1565 for the summit meeting with the Spanish court; and at the Tuileries in 1573 for the visit of the Polish ambassadors who presented the Polish crown to Catherine's son He…”source: Wikipedia: Catherine de' Medici
1564 to 1573period
Bayonneattested“They depict events held at Fontainebleau in 1564; at Bayonne in 1565 for the summit meeting with the Spanish court; and at the Tuileries in 1573 for the visit of the Polish ambassadors who presented the Polish crown to Catherine's son He…”source: Wikipedia: Catherine de' Medici
1564 to 1573period
Tuileries Palaceattested“They depict events held at Fontainebleau in 1564; at Bayonne in 1565 for the summit meeting with the Spanish court; and at the Tuileries in 1573 for the visit of the Polish ambassadors who presented the Polish crown to Catherine's son He…”source: Wikipedia: Catherine de' Medici
9 June 1572exact date
Parisattested“When Jeanne arrived in Paris to buy clothes for the wedding, she was taken ill and died on 9 June 1572, aged forty-three.”source: Wikipedia: Catherine de' Medici
1579year
Parisattested“On her return to Paris in 1579, she was greeted outside the city by the Parlement and crowds.”source: Wikipedia: Catherine de' Medici
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In each of these, a source puts Catherine de' Medici and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
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10 June 1549exact date
Basilique Saint-Denismentioned“She was crowned in the Basilica of Saint-Denis on 10 June 1549.”source: Wikipedia: Catherine de' Medici
Château de Fontainebleaumentioned“On 20 August 1560, Catherine and the chancellor advocated this policy to an Assembly of Notables at Fontainebleau.”source: Wikipedia: Catherine de' Medici
1 March 1562exact date
Wassymentioned“On 1 March 1562, however, in an incident known as the Massacre of Vassy, the Duke of Guise and his men attacked worshipping Huguenots in a barn at Vassy, killing 74 and wounding 104.”source: Wikipedia: Catherine de' Medici
January 1564month
Francementioned“To this end, she set out with Charles and the court on a progress around France that lasted from January 1564 until May 1565.”source: Wikipedia: Catherine de' Medici
June 1568month
Netherlandsmentioned“She told the Venetian ambassador in June 1568 that all one could expect from Huguenots was deceit, and she praised the Duke of Alba's reign of terror in the Netherlands, where Calvinists and rebels were put to death in the thousands.”source: Wikipedia: Catherine de' Medici
18 August 1572exact date
Notre-Dame de Parismentioned“The wedding took place on 18 August 1572 at Notre-Dame, Paris.”source: Wikipedia: Catherine de' Medici
October 1586month
Château d'Ussonmentioned“In October 1586, therefore, he had Margaret locked up in the Château d'Usson.”source: Wikipedia: Catherine de' Medici
8 September 1588exact date
Bloismentioned“On 8 September 1588 at Blois, where the court had assembled for a meeting of the Estates, Henry dismissed all his ministers without warning.”source: Wikipedia: Catherine de' Medici
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