Napoleon
1769 to 1821
10 documented presences
10 places
Quo Fuit places 10 dated presences for Napoleon across 10 places, from 1769 to 1840. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was Emperor of the French from 18 May 1804 until his first abdication in 1814, with a brief restoration during the Hundred Days in 1815.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Napoleon was documented, and when
15 August 1769exact date
Ajacciodocumented
“Napoleon's parents, Carlo Maria Buonaparte and Maria Letizia Ramolino, lived in the Maison Bonaparte in Ajaccio, where Napoleon was born on 15 August 1769.”
source: Wikidata: Q517 · 2 sources agree
15 August 1769exact date
Maison Bonaparteattested
“Napoleon's parents, Carlo Maria Buonaparte and Maria Letizia Ramolino, lived in the Maison Bonaparte in Ajaccio, where Napoleon was born on 15 August 1769.”
source: Wikipedia: Napoleon
January 1779month
Autunattested
“In January 1779, aged 9, Napoleon moved to the French mainland and enrolled at a religious school in Autun to improve his French, his mother tongues being Corsican and Italian.”
source: Wikipedia: Napoleon
1784year
1792 to 1814period
1814 to 1815period
Elbadocumented
“In his farewell address to the soldiers of the Old Guard on 20 April, Napoleon said: With the Treaty of Fontainebleau of 11 April 1814, the allies exiled Napoleon to Elba, an island of 12,000 inhabitants in the Mediterranean, off the Tus…”
source: Wikidata: Q517 · 2 sources agree
1815 to 1821period
5 May 1821exact date
14 October 1840exact date
15 December 1840exact date
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Places Napoleon is documented in
Paris1 presence · 1792
Ajaccio1 presence · 1769
Autun1 presence · 1779
Cathédrale Saint-Louis-des-Invalides1 presence · 1840
École Militaire1 presence · 1784
Elba1 presence · 1814
Longwood House1 presence · 1821
Maison Bonaparte1 presence · 1769
Saint Helena1 presence · 1815
Valley of the Tomb1 presence · 1840
Other places tied to Napoleon in the record
In each of these, a source puts Napoleon and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Napoleon was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
1769year
Battle of Ponte Novumentioned
“After the Corsican defeat at the Battle of Ponte Novu in 1769 and Paoli's exile to Britain, Carlo became friends with the French governor Charles Louis de Marbeuf, who became his patron and a godfather to Napoleon.”
source: Wikipedia: Napoleon
1769year
Kingdom of Great Britainmentioned
“After the Corsican defeat at the Battle of Ponte Novu in 1769 and Paoli's exile to Britain, Carlo became friends with the French governor Charles Louis de Marbeuf, who became his patron and a godfather to Napoleon.”
source: Wikipedia: Napoleon
21 July 1771exact date
Ajacciomentioned
“Napoleon was baptized in Ajaccio on 21 July 1771 and raised a Roman Catholic.”
source: Wikipedia: Napoleon
September 1784month
École militairementioned
“In September 1784 Napoleon was admitted to the École militaire in Paris where he trained to become an artillery officer.”
source: Wikipedia: Napoleon
September 1784month
Parismentioned
“In September 1784 Napoleon was admitted to the École militaire in Paris where he trained to become an artillery officer.”
source: Wikipedia: Napoleon
1789year
Corsicamentioned
“Bonaparte served in Valence and Auxonne until after the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789 but spent long periods of leave in Corsica, which fed his Corsican nationalism.”
source: Wikipedia: Napoleon
1789year
Valence, Drômementioned
“Bonaparte served in Valence and Auxonne until after the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789 but spent long periods of leave in Corsica, which fed his Corsican nationalism.”
source: Wikipedia: Napoleon
1791year
Battle of La Rothièrementioned
“After a defeat at the Battle of La Rothière, the French won a series of victories in February which induced the coalition to offer peace on the basis of France's 1791 frontiers.”
source: Wikipedia: Napoleon
September 1791month
Francementioned
“Jews in France had been granted full civil rights in September 1791 and religious equality in 1795.”
source: Wikipedia: Napoleon
1792year
Ajacciomentioned
“He was given command over a battalion of Corsican volunteers and promoted to captain in the regular army in 1792, despite exceeding his leave of absence and a dispute between his volunteers and the French garrison in Ajaccio.”
source: Wikipedia: Napoleon
February 1793month
Sardiniamentioned
“In February 1793 Bonaparte took part in the failed French expedition to Sardinia.”
source: Wikipedia: Napoleon
July 1793month
Beaucaire, Gardmentioned
“In July 1793 he published a pamphlet, Le souper de Beaucaire (Supper at Beaucaire), demonstrating his support for the National Convention which was heavily influenced by the Jacobins.”
source: Wikipedia: Napoleon
April 1794month
Second Battle of Saorgiomentioned
“The French army carried out Bonaparte's plan in the Second Battle of Saorgio in April 1794 and then advanced to seize Ormea in the mountains.”
source: Wikipedia: Napoleon
1795year
Bavariamentioned
“France received Carinthia, Carniola, and the Adriatic ports of Trieste and Fiume (Rijeka); the part of Poland annexed by Austria in the third partition in 1795, known at the time as West Galicia, was given to the Polish-ruled Duchy of Wa…”
source: Wikipedia: Napoleon
April 1795month
January 1797month
5 December 1797exact date
9 June 1798exact date
1 August 1798exact date
1 August 1798exact date
24 August 1799exact date
1800year
May 1800month
May 1800month
Documented at the same place, the same year
Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of OrléansParis · 1792Frédéric ChopinCathédrale Saint-Louis-des-Invalides · 1840Claude MonetCathédrale Saint-Louis-des-Invalides · 1840Patrice de MacMahonCathédrale Saint-Louis-des-Invalides · 1840Alexandre CabanelCathédrale Saint-Louis-des-Invalides · 1840Fromental HalévyCathédrale Saint-Louis-des-Invalides · 1840
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How to read this page
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Sources
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