Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Cornelis Drebbel across 5 places, from 1572 to 1633.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Cornelis Jacobszoon Drebbel (1572 – 7 November 1633) was a Dutch engineer and inventor.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Cornelis Drebbel was documented, and when
1572year
Alkmaarattested“Cornelis Drebbel was born in Alkmaar, Holland in an Anabaptist family in 1572.”source: Wikipedia: Cornelis Drebbel
1604year
Englandattested“Around 1604 the Drebbel family moved to England, probably at the invitation of the new king, James I of England (VI of Scotland).”source: Wikipedia: Cornelis Drebbel
October 1610month
Pragueattested“In October 1610 Drebbel and his family moved to Prague on invitation of Roman-German Emperor Rudolf II, who was preoccupied with the arts, alchemy and occult sciences.”source: Wikipedia: Cornelis Drebbel
1612 to 1613period
Londonattested“After Rudolf's death in 1612, Drebbel was set free and went back to London in 1613.”source: Wikipedia: Cornelis Drebbel
1633year
Englandattested“Towards the end of his life, in 1633, Drebbel was involved in a plan to drain the Fens around Cambridge, while living in near-poverty running an ale house in England.”source: Wikipedia: Cornelis Drebbel
1633year
Cambridgeattested“Towards the end of his life, in 1633, Drebbel was involved in a plan to drain the Fens around Cambridge, while living in near-poverty running an ale house in England.”source: Wikipedia: Cornelis Drebbel
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1587year
Alkmaarmentioned“After some years at the Latin school in Alkmaar, around 1587, he attended the Academy in Haarlem, also located in North-Holland.”source: Wikipedia: Cornelis Drebbel
1587year
Haarlemmentioned“After some years at the Latin school in Alkmaar, around 1587, he attended the Academy in Haarlem, also located in North-Holland.”source: Wikipedia: Cornelis Drebbel
1595year
Alkmaarmentioned“In 1595 he married Sophia Jansdochter Goltzius, younger sister of Hendrick, and settled at Alkmaar.”source: Wikipedia: Cornelis Drebbel
1600year
Middelburg, Zeelandmentioned“In 1600, Drebbel was in Middelburg where he built a fountain at the Noorderpoort.”source: Wikipedia: Cornelis Drebbel
1619 to 1620period
Praguementioned“At the request of Roman-German Emperor Ferdinand II in 1619, he went to Prague again to tutor his sons and was taken prisoner after the Battle of White Mountain and the capture of Prague in 1620, where he also lost his fortune.”source: Wikipedia: Cornelis Drebbel
1622year
Englandmentioned“In 1622 Constantijn Huygens stayed as a diplomat for more than one year in England.”source: Wikipedia: Cornelis Drebbel
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