Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Nicolae Ceaușescu across 5 places, from 1971 to 1989.
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Nicolae Ceaușescu ( 1918 – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian communist politician and dictator who led Romania as general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 and as president from 1974 until his execution in 1989.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Nicolae Ceaușescu was documented, and when
1971year
Chinaattested“Following his 1971 visits to China and North Korea, Ceaușescu issued the July Theses, inspired in part by Maoist and Juche concepts and signalling a return to strict ideological control.”source: Wikipedia: Nicolae Ceaușescu
1971year
North Koreaattested“After a visit to North Korea in 1971, Ceaușescu was impressed by the Juche ideology of that country, and began a major campaign shortly afterwards.”source: Wikipedia: Nicolae Ceaușescu
December 1976month
Bucharestattested“In December 1976, at one of his meetings in Bucharest, Ivan Bodiul said that "the good relationship was initiated by Ceaușescu's visit to Soviet Moldova".”source: Wikipedia: Nicolae Ceaușescu
December 1976month
Soviet Unionattested“In December 1976, at one of his meetings in Bucharest, Ivan Bodiul said that "the good relationship was initiated by Ceaușescu's visit to Soviet Moldova".”source: Wikipedia: Nicolae Ceaușescu
18 December 1989exact date
Iranattested“On 18 December 1989, Ceaușescu departed for a state visit to Iran, leaving the duty of crushing the Timișoara revolt to his subordinates and his wife.”source: Wikipedia: Nicolae Ceaușescu
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6 June 1936exact date
Scorniceștimentioned“For these charges, he was convicted on 6 June 1936 by the Brașov Tribunal to two years in prison, an additional six months for contempt of court, and one year of forced residence in Scornicești.”source: Wikipedia: Nicolae Ceaușescu
1943year
Târgu Jiumentioned“In 1943, he was transferred to Târgu Jiu internment camp, where he shared a cell with Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, becoming his protégé.”source: Wikipedia: Nicolae Ceaușescu
1944year
Soviet Unionmentioned“In the late 1940s-early 1950s, the Party had been divided into the "home communists" headed by Gheorghiu-Dej who remained inside Romania prior to 1944 and the "Muscovites" who had gone into exile in the Soviet Union.”source: Wikipedia: Nicolae Ceaușescu
1947year
Romaniamentioned“After the Communists seized power in Romania in 1947, and under the patronage of Gheorghiu-Dej, Ceaușescu was elected a member of the Great National Assembly, the new legislative body of communist Romania.”source: Wikipedia: Nicolae Ceaușescu
1968year
Soviet Unionmentioned“Ceaușescu's political independence from the Soviet Union and his protest against the invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 drew the interest of Western powers, whose governments briefly believed that he was an anti-Soviet maverick and hoped…”source: Wikipedia: Nicolae Ceaușescu
1968year
Romaniamentioned“Although he condemned the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, Ceaușescu maintained an enduring partnership with Josip Broz Tito’s Yugoslavia, adapting the Titoist doctrine of “independent socialist development” to Romania’s ci…”source: Wikipedia: Nicolae Ceaușescu
1969year
Bucharestmentioned“President Richard Nixon was invited to Bucharest in 1969, which was the first visit of a US president to a communist country after the start of the Cold War.”source: Wikipedia: Nicolae Ceaușescu
May 1969month
Romaniamentioned“Romanian healthcare also achieved improvements and recognition by the World Health Organization (WHO), whose director general Marcolino Candau in May 1969 visited Romania and declared that the visits of WHO staff to various Romanian hosp…”source: Wikipedia: Nicolae Ceaușescu
December 1970month
People's Republic of Polandmentioned“The striking miners were inspired by similar strikes along Poland's Baltic coast in December 1970, and just as in Poland in 1970, the striking Romanian miners demanded face-to-face negotiations with their nation's leader.”source: Wikipedia: Nicolae Ceaușescu
4 April 1975exact date
Japanmentioned“On 4 April 1975, Ceaușescu visited Japan and met with Emperor Hirohito.”source: Wikipedia: Nicolae Ceaușescu
August 1977month
Jiu Rivermentioned“In August 1977 over 30,000 miners went on strike in the Jiu River valley complaining of low pay and poor working conditions.”source: Wikipedia: Nicolae Ceaușescu
1979year
Iranmentioned“He also secured a deal for cheap oil from Iran, but the deal fell through after the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was overthrown in 1979 during the Iranian Revolution.”source: Wikipedia: Nicolae Ceaușescu
1980 to 1984period
Moscowmentioned“In 1980, Romania participated in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow with its other Soviet bloc allies, but in 1984 was one of the few Communist countries to participate in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles (going on to win 53 medal…”source: Wikipedia: Nicolae Ceaușescu
1980 to 1984period
Los Angelesmentioned“In 1980, Romania participated in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow with its other Soviet bloc allies, but in 1984 was one of the few Communist countries to participate in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles (going on to win 53 medal…”source: Wikipedia: Nicolae Ceaușescu
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