Quo Fuit places 11 dated presences for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe across 5 places, from 1765 to 1832.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath who is widely regarded as the most influential writer in the German language.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Frankfurtattested“Given that he was making little progress in his formal studies, Goethe was forced to return to Frankfurt at the end of August 1768.”source: Wikipedia: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
April 1770month
University of Strasbourgattested“In April 1770, Goethe left Frankfurt to finish his studies, this time at the University of Strasbourg.”source: Wikipedia: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
April 1770month
Frankfurtattested“In April 1770, Goethe left Frankfurt to finish his studies, this time at the University of Strasbourg.”source: Wikipedia: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1773 to 1774period
Weimarattested“The most important of Goethe's works produced before he went to Weimar were Götz von Berlichingen (1773), a tragedy that was the first work to bring him recognition, and the novel The Sorrows of Young Werther (German: ) (1774), which gai…”source: Wikipedia: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1780year
Weimarattested“Goethe was a Freemason, joining the lodge Amalia in Weimar in 1780, and frequently alluded to Masonic themes of universal brotherhood in his work.”source: Wikipedia: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1806year
Weimarattested“In 1806, Goethe was living in Weimar with his mistress Christiane Vulpius, the sister of Christian A.”source: Wikipedia: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1824year
Weimarattested“Heinrich Heine, on his hiking tour through Germany (the trip immortalised in his work Die Harzreise) was granted an audience with Goethe in 1824 in Weimar.”source: Wikipedia: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1824year
Germanyattested“Heinrich Heine, on his hiking tour through Germany (the trip immortalised in his work Die Harzreise) was granted an audience with Goethe in 1824 in Weimar.”source: Wikipedia: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1831year
Weimarattested“As one of the many precursors in the history of evolutionary thought, Goethe wrote in Story of My Botanical Studies (1831): Goethe's botanical theories were partly based on his gardening in Weimar.”source: Wikipedia: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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August 1771month
Frankfurtmentioned“At the end of August 1771, Goethe acquired the academic degree of the Licentiate in Law from Strasbourg and was able to establish a small legal practice in Frankfurt.”source: Wikipedia: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
August 1771month
Strasbourgmentioned“At the end of August 1771, Goethe acquired the academic degree of the Licentiate in Law from Strasbourg and was able to establish a small legal practice in Frankfurt.”source: Wikipedia: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
May 1772month
Wetzlarmentioned“Since Goethe could not subsist on his income as one of the editors of a literary periodical (published by Schlosser and Merck), in May 1772, he once more took up the practice of law, this time at Wetzlar.”source: Wikipedia: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1786 to 1788period
Italian peninsulamentioned“Goethe's journey to the Italian peninsula and Sicily from 1786 to 1788 was of great significance in his aesthetic and philosophical development.”source: Wikipedia: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1792year
Battle of Valmymentioned“In late 1792, Goethe took part in the Battle of Valmy against revolutionary France, assisting Duke Karl August of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach during the failed invasion of France.”source: Wikipedia: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1794year
Weimarmentioned“During the years at Weimar before he met Schiller in 1794, he began Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and wrote the dramas Iphigenie auf Tauris (Iphigenia in Tauris), Egmont, and Torquato Tasso and the fable Reineke Fuchs.”source: Wikipedia: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1810 to 1812period
Teplicementioned“In 1812, he travelled to Teplice and Vienna, both times meeting his admirer Ludwig van Beethoven, who had set music to Egmont two years prior in 1810.”source: Wikipedia: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
December 1822month
Weimarmentioned“According to Hegel, "Goethe has occupied himself a good deal with meteorology; barometer readings interested him particularly [...] What he says is important: the main thing is that he gives a comparative table of barometric readings dur…”source: Wikipedia: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
5 September 1823exact date
Carlsbad, Bohemiamentioned“Their last meeting in Carlsbad on 5 September 1823 inspired his poem "Marienbad Elegy" which he considered one of his finest works.”source: Wikipedia: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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