Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for John Milton across 6 places, from 1608 to 1642.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet, polemicist, and civil servant.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place John Milton is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where John Milton was documented, and when
9 December 1608exact date
Bread Streetattested“John Milton was born in Bread Street, London, on 9 December 1608, the son of composer John Milton and his wife Sarah Jeffrey.”source: Wikipedia: John Milton
1635year
Horton, Berkshireattested“He also lived at Horton, Berkshire, from 1635 and undertook six years of self-directed private study.”source: Wikipedia: John Milton
1639year
Sicilyattested“Originally, Milton wanted to leave Naples in order to travel to Sicily and then on to Greece, but he returned to England during the summer of 1639 because of what he claimed in Defensio Secunda were "sad tidings of civil war in England."…”source: Wikipedia: John Milton
1639year
Greeceattested“Originally, Milton wanted to leave Naples in order to travel to Sicily and then on to Greece, but he returned to England during the summer of 1639 because of what he claimed in Defensio Secunda were "sad tidings of civil war in England."…”source: Wikipedia: John Milton
1639year
Englandattested“Originally, Milton wanted to leave Naples in order to travel to Sicily and then on to Greece, but he returned to England during the summer of 1639 because of what he claimed in Defensio Secunda were "sad tidings of civil war in England."…”source: Wikipedia: John Milton
June 1642month
Forest Hill, Oxfordshireattested“In June 1642, Milton paid a visit to the manor house at Forest Hill, Oxfordshire, and, aged 34, married the 17-year-old Mary Powell.”source: Wikipedia: John Milton
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1625 to 1629period
Christ's College, Cambridgementioned“Aubrey adds, "His complexion exceeding faire—he was so faire that they called him the Lady of Christ's College." In 1625, Milton gained entry to Christ's College at the University of Cambridge, where he graduated with a BA in 1629, ranki…”source: Wikipedia: John Milton
1625year
Cambridgementioned“It is also possible that, like Isaac Newton four decades later, Milton was sent home from Cambridge because of the plague, which afflicted Cambridge in 1625.”source: Wikipedia: John Milton
1626year
Londonmentioned“He was certainly at home in London in the Lent Term 1626; there he wrote Elegia Prima, his first Latin elegy, to Charles Diodati, a friend from St Paul's.”source: Wikipedia: John Milton
3 July 1632exact date
Cambridgementioned“Preparing, at that time, to become an Anglican priest, he stayed on at Cambridge where he received his MA on 3 July 1632.”source: Wikipedia: John Milton
Calaismentioned“From Switzerland, Milton travelled to Paris and then to Calais before finally arriving back in England in either July or August 1639.”source: Wikipedia: John Milton
August 1639month
Parismentioned“From Switzerland, Milton travelled to Paris and then to Calais before finally arriving back in England in either July or August 1639.”source: Wikipedia: John Milton
1641year
Englandmentioned“Milton's first foray into polemics was Of Reformation touching Church Discipline in England (1641), followed by Of Prelatical Episcopacy, the two defences of Smectymnuus (a group of Presbyterian divines named from their initials; the "TY…”source: Wikipedia: John Milton
12 November 1656exact date
St Margaret's, Westminstermentioned“On 12 November 1656, Milton was married to Katherine Woodcock at St Margaret's, Westminster.”source: Wikipedia: John Milton
24 February 1663exact date
Manchestermentioned“Milton married for a third time on 24 February 1663 to Elizabeth Mynshull or Minshull (1638–1728), the niece of Thomas Mynshull, a wealthy apothecary and philanthropist in Manchester.”source: Wikipedia: John Milton
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