Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Marquis de Sade across 5 places, from 1744 to 1784.
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Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade (2 June 1740 – 2 December 1814) was a French writer, libertine, political activist, and nobleman best known for his libertine novels and imprisonment for sex crimes, blasphemy, and pornography.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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1744year
Avignonattested“In 1744, he was sent to live with his grandmother in Avignon, probably because he had fought with his playmate, Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé, who was four years his senior.”source: Wikipedia: Marquis de Sade
1750year
Parisattested“In the autumn of 1750, ten-year-old Sade was sent to the Jesuit college Louis-le-Grand in Paris, where he was taught Latin, Greek and rhetoric, and also participated in the school's theatrical productions.”source: Wikipedia: Marquis de Sade
1750year
Jesuitattested“In the autumn of 1750, ten-year-old Sade was sent to the Jesuit college Louis-le-Grand in Paris, where he was taught Latin, Greek and rhetoric, and also participated in the school's theatrical productions.”source: Wikipedia: Marquis de Sade
June 1776month
Lacoste, Vaucluseattested“In June 1776, Sade was back at La Coste writing a travel book, Voyage d'Italie.”source: Wikipedia: Marquis de Sade
February 1784month
Bastilleattested“Vincennes prison was closed in February 1784 and Sade was transferred to the Bastille, where he produced a fair copy of The 120 Days of Sodom, which many critics consider his first major work.”source: Wikipedia: Marquis de Sade
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September 1764month
Parismentioned“In September 1764, the king revoked Sade's exile and the marquis returned to Paris where he took up a series of mistresses.”source: Wikipedia: Marquis de Sade
1765year
Lacoste, Vauclusementioned“In the summer of 1765 he took his then mistress, Mademoiselle Beauvoison, to his favourite castle at La Coste, Provence, where he passed her off as his wife, greatly offending Madame de Montreuil.”source: Wikipedia: Marquis de Sade
3 April 1768exact date
Parismentioned“On 3 April 1768, Easter Sunday, Sade approached a 36-year-old widow named Rose Keller who was begging at the Place des Victoires in Paris.”source: Wikipedia: Marquis de Sade
3 April 1768exact date
Place des Victoiresmentioned“On 3 April 1768, Easter Sunday, Sade approached a 36-year-old widow named Rose Keller who was begging at the Place des Victoires in Paris.”source: Wikipedia: Marquis de Sade
November 1771month
Lacoste, Vauclusementioned“In November 1771, Renée-Pélagie's 19-year-old sister, Anne-Prospère, visited the Sades at La Coste.”source: Wikipedia: Marquis de Sade
June 1772month
Marseillesmentioned“In June 1772, Sade and his manservant, Latour, traveled to Marseilles on the pretext of obtaining a loan.”source: Wikipedia: Marquis de Sade
30 April 1773exact date
Francementioned“He escaped from the fortress on 30 April 1773 and returned to France.”source: Wikipedia: Marquis de Sade
January 1774month
Lacoste, Vauclusementioned“Sade narrowly avoided arrest in January 1774 when he was warned of an imminent police raid on his home in La Coste which had been arranged by Madame de Montreuil.”source: Wikipedia: Marquis de Sade
March 1801month
Sainte-Pélagie Prisonmentioned“The Napoleonic Consulate was cracking down on public immorality and, in March 1801, Sade was arrested at his publisher's office and detained in the Sainte-Pélagie Prison.”source: Wikipedia: Marquis de Sade
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