Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Jeanne Baret across 3 places, from 1740 to 1807.
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Jeanne Baret (27 July 1740 – 5 August 1807) was a French explorer, naturalist, and botanist who is recognised as the first woman to have completed a voyage of circumnavigation of the globe, which she did via boat.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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27 July 1740exact date
Burgundyattested“Jeanne Baret was born on 27 July 1740, in the village of La Comelle in the Burgundy region of France, and baptized the next day.”source: Wikipedia: Jeanne Baret
1754year
University of Montpellierattested“He studied medicine at the University of Montpellier and qualified as a doctor in 1754, by which time he was a passionate botanist.”source: Wikipedia: Jeanne Baret
5 August 1807exact date
Saint-Aulayeattested“She died in Saint-Aulaye on 5 August 1807, at the age of 67.”source: Wikipedia: Jeanne Baret
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22 August 1764exact date
Digoinmentioned“Baret's certificate, from 22 August 1764, survives; it was filed in Digoin, a town away and witnessed by two men of substance who likewise had travelled a considerable distance from their homes.”source: Wikipedia: Jeanne Baret
May 1766month
Toulon-sur-Arrouxmentioned“(Commerson had left his legitimate son from his marriage in the care of his brother-in-law in Toulon-sur-Arroux and never saw him again in his lifetime.) A second son, Aimé Eugène Prosper Bonnefoy, was born at the Hôtel-Dieu in Paris in…”source: Wikipedia: Jeanne Baret
May 1766month
Parismentioned“(Commerson had left his legitimate son from his marriage in the care of his brother-in-law in Toulon-sur-Arroux and never saw him again in his lifetime.) A second son, Aimé Eugène Prosper Bonnefoy, was born at the Hôtel-Dieu in Paris in…”source: Wikipedia: Jeanne Baret
April 1768month
Tahitimentioned“According to Bougainville, rumours that Baret was a woman had circulated for some time, but her sex was not finally confirmed until the expedition reached Tahiti in April 1768.”source: Wikipedia: Jeanne Baret
1770year
Port Louismentioned“Baret, meanwhile, seems to have established herself independently, being granted property in Port Louis, the capital of Mauritius, in 1770.”source: Wikipedia: Jeanne Baret
February 1773month
Mauritiusmentioned“Commerson continued to have serious health problems, and he died in Mauritius in February 1773.”source: Wikipedia: Jeanne Baret
17 May 1774exact date
First French Empirementioned“Then, on 17 May 1774, she married Jean Dubernat, a non-commissioned officer in the French Army who was most likely on the island on his way home to France.”source: Wikipedia: Jeanne Baret
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