Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Coco Chanel across 3 places, from 1883 to 1957.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel (19 August 1883 – 10 January 1971) was a French fashion designer and businesswoman.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Coco Chanel is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Coco Chanel was documented, and when
1883year
Saumurattested“Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel was born in 1883 to Eugénie Jeanne Devolle Chanel, known as Jeanne, a laundrywoman, in the charity hospital run by the Sisters of Providence (a poorhouse) in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire.”source: Wikipedia: Coco Chanel
1945year
Switzerlandattested“In 1945, Chanel moved to Switzerland, where she lived for several years, part of the time with Dincklage.”source: Wikipedia: Coco Chanel
1957year
Balkansattested“Historian Guillaume Pollack disputes the evidence saying the membership card, issued in 1957, has clearly been whited out before "Eric" was written in with no supporting evidence from witnesses on file that she was ever in the resistance…”source: Wikipedia: Coco Chanel
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1913year
Deauvillementioned“In 1913, Chanel opened a boutique in Deauville, financed by Arthur Capel, where she introduced deluxe casual clothing suitable for leisure and sport.”source: Wikipedia: Coco Chanel
1915year
Deauvillementioned“Chanel, determined to re-create the success she enjoyed in Deauville, opened an establishment in Biarritz in 1915.”source: Wikipedia: Coco Chanel
1915year
Biarritzmentioned“Chanel, determined to re-create the success she enjoyed in Deauville, opened an establishment in Biarritz in 1915.”source: Wikipedia: Coco Chanel
1920year
Parismentioned“He served as diplomat in Paris and was a former Prussian Army officer and attorney general who had been an operative in military intelligence since 1920, who eased her arrangements at the Ritz.”source: Wikipedia: Coco Chanel
1922year
Longchamp Racecoursementioned“In 1922, at the Longchamps races, Théophile Bader, founder of the Paris Galeries Lafayette, introduced Chanel to businessman Pierre Wertheimer.”source: Wikipedia: Coco Chanel
1923year
Monte Carlomentioned“In Monte Carlo in 1923, at age forty, Chanel was introduced by Lombardi to the vastly wealthy Duke of Westminster, Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, known to his intimates as "Bendor".”source: Wikipedia: Coco Chanel
1927year
Roquebrune-Cap-Martinmentioned“In 1927, the Duke of Westminster gave Chanel a parcel of land he had purchased in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin on the French Riviera.”source: Wikipedia: Coco Chanel
1931year
Monte Carlomentioned“In 1931, while in Monte Carlo Chanel became acquainted with Samuel Goldwyn.”source: Wikipedia: Coco Chanel
1932year
Californiamentioned“En route to California from New York, travelling in a white train carriage luxuriously outfitted for her use, Chanel was interviewed by Collier's magazine in 1932.”source: Wikipedia: Coco Chanel
1932year
New Yorkmentioned“En route to California from New York, travelling in a white train carriage luxuriously outfitted for her use, Chanel was interviewed by Collier's magazine in 1932.”source: Wikipedia: Coco Chanel
1941year
Reich Security Main Officementioned“Some informers had numbers without being aware of it." Vaughan established that Chanel committed herself to the German cause as early as 1941 and worked for General Walter Schellenberg, chief of the German intelligence agency Sicherheits…”source: Wikipedia: Coco Chanel
1941year
Berlinmentioned“Some informers had numbers without being aware of it." Vaughan established that Chanel committed herself to the German cause as early as 1941 and worked for General Walter Schellenberg, chief of the German intelligence agency Sicherheits…”source: Wikipedia: Coco Chanel
1943year
Madridmentioned“Chanel visited Madrid in 1943 to convince the British ambassador to Spain, Sir Samuel Hoare, a friend of Winston Churchill, about a possible German surrender once the war was leaning towards an Allied victory.”source: Wikipedia: Coco Chanel
1943year
Spainmentioned“Chanel visited Madrid in 1943 to convince the British ambassador to Spain, Sir Samuel Hoare, a friend of Winston Churchill, about a possible German surrender once the war was leaning towards an Allied victory.”source: Wikipedia: Coco Chanel
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