Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Gaston Cros across 6 places, from 1861 to 1915.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Colonel Marie Augstin Gaston Cros (known as Gaston Cros) (6 October 1861 – 10 May 1915) was a French army officer and archaeologist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Gaston Cros was documented, and when
6 October 1861exact date
Alsacedocumented“Marie Augstin Gaston Cros was born at 2.00am on 6 October 1861 to Hippolyte Cros, a lawyer, and Marie Petronille Reine Scherb at Saverne, Bas-Rhin in the Alsace region.”source: Wikidata: Q5526725 · 2 sources agree
6 October 1861exact date
Saverneattested“Marie Augstin Gaston Cros was born at 2.00am on 6 October 1861 to Hippolyte Cros, a lawyer, and Marie Petronille Reine Scherb at Saverne, Bas-Rhin in the Alsace region.”source: Wikipedia: Gaston Cros
1871year
German Empireattested“After Alsace was incorporated into the German Empire after the Franco-Prussian War of 1871 Cros' family chose to retain their French nationality and moved to Lunéville in Meurthe-et-Moselle.”source: Wikipedia: Gaston Cros
1871year
Lunévilleattested“After Alsace was incorporated into the German Empire after the Franco-Prussian War of 1871 Cros' family chose to retain their French nationality and moved to Lunéville in Meurthe-et-Moselle.”source: Wikipedia: Gaston Cros
1871year
Meurthe-et-Moselleattested“After Alsace was incorporated into the German Empire after the Franco-Prussian War of 1871 Cros' family chose to retain their French nationality and moved to Lunéville in Meurthe-et-Moselle.”source: Wikipedia: Gaston Cros
In each of these, a source puts Gaston Cros and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
that Gaston Cros was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason:
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25 October 1881exact date
Nancy, Francementioned“Cros volunteered for a five-year commission with the French Army on 25 October 1881 at Nancy.”source: Wikipedia: Gaston Cros
1 October 1883exact date
Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyrmentioned“Four days later he was enrolled into the Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr as a cadet, from which he graduated on 1 October 1883, ranked 261 out of 342 in his class.”source: Wikipedia: Gaston Cros
3 June 1887exact date
Tonkinmentioned“Cros transferred to the 4th Tonkinese Rifles on 3 June 1887 and saw active service in Tonkin (northern Vietnam) from 19 June 1887 to 14 September 1888, joining the 105th Infantry Regiment as a lieutenant on 5 October 1887.”source: Wikipedia: Gaston Cros
25 January 1889exact date
Tunisiamentioned“On 25 January 1889 Cros transferred to the 4th Zouave Regiment and was on active service in Tunisia from 11 March 1889 to 27 April 1898.”source: Wikipedia: Gaston Cros
10 October 1889exact date
Tonkinmentioned“Cros was appointed a knight of the Order of the Dragon of Annam and a member of the Tunisian Order of Glory on 10 October 1889 in recognition of his service in Tonkin and Tunisia.”source: Wikipedia: Gaston Cros
5 April 1898exact date
Algeriamentioned“Cros transferred to the 39th Infantry Regiment on 5 April 1898 and served with them in Algeria from 11 November 1899 to 1 June 1900.”source: Wikipedia: Gaston Cros
December 1901month
Iraqmentioned“From December 1901 Cros was placed in charge of the French-led Tello Expedition to the archaeological site of Girsu in Iraq.”source: Wikipedia: Gaston Cros
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