Quo Fuit places 8 dated presences for Cosimo de' Medici across 5 places, from 1389 to 1464.
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Cosimo di Giovanni de' Medici (27 September 1389 – 1 August 1464) was an Italian banker and politician who became the de facto first ruler of Florence during the Italian Renaissance, establishing the Medici family as its effective leaders for generations.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Cosimo de' Medici was documented, and when
27 September 1389exact date
Florenceattested“Cosimo de' Medici was born in Florence to Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici and his wife Piccarda Bueri on 27 September 1389.”source: Wikipedia: Cosimo de' Medici
1397year
Florenceattested“Giovanni had been running Vieri's branch in Rome independently since the dissolution of the latter's bank into three separate and independent entities until 1397, when he left Rome to return to Florence to found his own bank, the Medici…”source: Wikipedia: Cosimo de' Medici
1397year
Romeattested“Giovanni had been running Vieri's branch in Rome independently since the dissolution of the latter's bank into three separate and independent entities until 1397, when he left Rome to return to Florence to found his own bank, the Medici…”source: Wikipedia: Cosimo de' Medici
1412 to 1447period
Milanattested“Following the death of Filippo Maria Visconti, who had ruled the Duchy of Milan from 1412 until his death in 1447, Cosimo sent Francesco I Sforza to establish himself in Milan to prevent an impending military advance from the Republic of…”source: Wikipedia: Cosimo de' Medici
1439year
Florenceattested“In 1439, he was instrumental in convincing Pope Eugene IV to move the Ecumenical Council of Ferrara to Florence.”source: Wikipedia: Cosimo de' Medici
1444year
Florenceattested“In 1444, Cosimo de' Medici founded the first public library in Florence, at San Marco, which was of central importance to the humanist movement in Florence during the Renaissance.”source: Wikipedia: Cosimo de' Medici
1444year
San Marco, Florenceattested“In 1444, Cosimo de' Medici founded the first public library in Florence, at San Marco, which was of central importance to the humanist movement in Florence during the Renaissance.”source: Wikipedia: Cosimo de' Medici
1464year
Careggiattested“On his death in 1464 at Careggi, Cosimo was succeeded by his son Piero, father of Lorenzo the Magnificent.”source: Wikipedia: Cosimo de' Medici
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1415year
Council of Constancementioned“In 1415, Cosimo allegedly accompanied the Antipope John XXIII at the Council of Constance.”source: Wikipedia: Cosimo de' Medici
1423 to 1454period
Lombardymentioned“In terms of foreign policy, Cosimo worked to create peace in northern Italy through the creation of a balance of power between Florence, Naples, Venice and Milan during the wars in Lombardy between 1423 and 1454 and the discouragement of…”source: Wikipedia: Cosimo de' Medici
1433year
Florencementioned“In 1433, in gratitude for the hospitality of that city, he left it as a gift, his only such work outside Florence.”source: Wikipedia: Cosimo de' Medici
1434year
Pittimentioned“Cosimo returned a year later, in 1434, to influence the government of Florence (especially through the Pitti and Soderini families) for the last 30 years of his life of 74 years.”source: Wikipedia: Cosimo de' Medici
November 1441month
Milanmentioned“He had yearned to establish himself at Milan as well, an ambition that was aided by the fact that the current Visconti head lacked legitimate children save for a daughter, Bianca, whom Sforza ultimately married in November 1441 after a f…”source: Wikipedia: Cosimo de' Medici
1445year
Florencementioned“He also established a Platonic Academy in Florence in 1445.”source: Wikipedia: Cosimo de' Medici
1461year
Tuscanymentioned“The building still includes, as its only 15th-century interior that is largely intact, the Magi Chapel frescoed by Benozzo Gozzoli, completed in 1461 with portraits of members of the Medici family parading through Tuscany in the guise of…”source: Wikipedia: Cosimo de' Medici
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