François Mitterrand
1916 to 1996
8 documented presences
8 places
Quo Fuit places 8 dated presences for François Mitterrand across 8 places, from 1916 to 1996. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand (26 October 1916 to 8 January 1996) was President of France from 1981 to 1995.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where François Mitterrand was documented, and when
26 October 1916exact date
Jarnacattested
“François Marie Adrien Maurice Mitterrand was born on 26 October 1916 in Jarnac, Charente, the son of Joseph Mitterrand and Yvonne Lorrain.”
source: Wikipedia: François Mitterrand
1925 to 1934period
Angoulêmeattested
“François Mitterrand studied from 1925 to 1934 at the Collège Saint-Paul in Angoulême, where he became a member of the Jeunesse Étudiante Chrétienne, the student organisation of Action catholique.”
source: Wikipedia: François Mitterrand
1925 to 1934period
Collattested
“François Mitterrand studied from 1925 to 1934 at the Collège Saint-Paul in Angoulême, where he became a member of the Jeunesse Étudiante Chrétienne, the student organisation of Action catholique.”
source: Wikipedia: François Mitterrand
September 1939month
Montmédyattested
“Finishing his law studies, he was sent in September 1939 to the Maginot line near Montmédy, with the rank of Sergeant-chief (infantry sergeant).”
source: Wikipedia: François Mitterrand
February 1944month
Liberation of Parisattested
“After a second visit to London in February 1944, Mitterrand took part in the liberation of Paris in August; he took over the headquarters of Commissariat général aux prisonniers de guerre (general office for POW, the ministry he was work…”
source: Wikipedia: François Mitterrand
February 1944month
Londonattested
“After a second visit to London in February 1944, Mitterrand took part in the liberation of Paris in August; he took over the headquarters of Commissariat général aux prisonniers de guerre (general office for POW, the ministry he was work…”
source: Wikipedia: François Mitterrand
1994year
Franceattested
“In 1994, while President of France, Mitterrand maintained that the roundup of Jews who were then deported to death camps during the war was solely the work of "Vichy France", an entity distinct from France: "The Republic had nothing to d…”
source: Wikipedia: François Mitterrand
8 January 1996exact date
Parisattested
“Mitterrand died in Paris on 8 January 1996 at the age of 79 from prostate cancer, a condition he and his doctors had concealed for most of his presidency (see section on "Medical secrecy" below).”
source: Wikipedia: François Mitterrand
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Places François Mitterrand is documented in
Coll1 presence · 1925France1 presence · 1994London1 presence · 1944Paris1 presence · 1996
Angoulême1 presence · 1925
Jarnac1 presence · 1916
Liberation of Paris1 presence · 1944
Montmédy1 presence · 1939
Other places tied to François Mitterrand in the record
In each of these, a source puts François Mitterrand and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that François Mitterrand was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
1934 to 1937period
Parismentioned
“Arriving in Paris in the autumn of 1934, he then went to the École Libre des Sciences Politiques until 1937, where he obtained his diploma in July of that year.”
source: Wikipedia: François Mitterrand
1938year
Fort d'Ivrymentioned
“Mitterand was called up for military service in 1938 and joined the 23rd Colonial Infantry Regiment (RIC) at Fort d'Ivry.”
source: Wikipedia: François Mitterrand
September 1939month
Alsacementioned
“During the Phoney War, he was deployed with the 23rd RIC to Alsace in September 1939 and then to the Ardennes, near Stenay, in December.”
source: Wikipedia: François Mitterrand
September 1939month
Ardennesmentioned
“During the Phoney War, he was deployed with the 23rd RIC to Alsace in September 1939 and then to the Ardennes, near Stenay, in December.”
source: Wikipedia: François Mitterrand
September 1939month
Stenaymentioned
“During the Phoney War, he was deployed with the 23rd RIC to Alsace in September 1939 and then to the Ardennes, near Stenay, in December.”
source: Wikipedia: François Mitterrand
14 June 1940exact date
Verdunmentioned
“Mitterrand was wounded by shrapnel during the Battle of France on 14 June 1940, at the Cote 304 near Verdun.”
source: Wikipedia: François Mitterrand
15 August 1942exact date
Germanymentioned
“From mid-1942, he sent false papers to POWs in Germany and on 12 June and 15 August 1942, he joined meetings at the Château de Montmaur which formed the base of his future network for the resistance.”
source: Wikipedia: François Mitterrand
November 1943month
Vichymentioned
“In November 1943, the Sicherheitsdienst raided a flat in Vichy, where they hoped to arrest François Morland, a member of the resistance.”
source: Wikipedia: François Mitterrand
15 November 1943exact date
Londonmentioned
“Warned by his friends, Mitterrand escaped to London aboard a Lysander plane on 15 November 1943 (piloted by then-Squadron Leader Lewis Hodges).”
source: Wikipedia: François Mitterrand
April 1945month
Liberation of Parismentioned
“On the orders of de Gaulle, in April 1945 François Mitterrand accompanied General Lewis as the French representative at the liberation of the camps at Kaufering and Dachau.”
source: Wikipedia: François Mitterrand
April 1945month
Kaufering concentration campmentioned
“On the orders of de Gaulle, in April 1945 François Mitterrand accompanied General Lewis as the French representative at the liberation of the camps at Kaufering and Dachau.”
source: Wikipedia: François Mitterrand
November 1946month
Nièvrementioned
“In the November 1946 legislative election, he succeeded in winning a seat as deputy from the Nièvre département.”
source: Wikipedia: François Mitterrand
1961year
Chinamentioned
“"No, and don't insist" was the General's response, "It would be wrong to demean the office of the Presidency, since one day he [Mitterrand] may have the job." Mitterrand visited China in 1961, during the worst of the Great Chinese Famine…”
source: Wikipedia: François Mitterrand
1962year
National Assembly (France)mentioned
“In the 1962 election, Mitterrand regained his seat in the National Assembly with the support of the PCF and the SFIO.”
source: Wikipedia: François Mitterrand
1979 to 1989period
July 1985month
10 July 1985exact date
10 July 1985exact date
May 1987month
November 1988month
1991 to 1993period
16 February 1993exact date
Documented at the same place, the same year
Wassily KandinskyNeuilly-sur-Seine · 1944Françoise HardyNeuilly-sur-Seine · 1944Jean-Pierre RampalNeuilly-sur-Seine · 1944Marguerite DurasParis · 1996Sergiu CelibidacheParis · 1996György KurtágParis · 1996Frida BoccaraParis · 1996Eugène IonescoFrance · 1994Niki de Saint PhalleFrance · 1994Sebastião SalgadoFrance · 1994Jean GiraudFrance · 1994Vladimir ZhirinovskyFrance · 1994
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