Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Otto von Bismarck across 6 places, from 1815 to 1898.
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Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg (1 April 1815 – 30 July 1898) was a German statesman and diplomat who oversaw the unification of Germany and served as its first chancellor from 1871 to 1890.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Otto von Bismarck was documented, and when
1815year
Schönhausenattested“Bismarck was born in 1815 at Schönhausen, a noble family estate west of Berlin in Prussian Saxony.”source: Wikipedia: Otto von Bismarck
1815year
Prussian Saxonyattested“Bismarck was born in 1815 at Schönhausen, a noble family estate west of Berlin in Prussian Saxony.”source: Wikipedia: Otto von Bismarck
1832 to 1835period
University of Göttingenattested“From 1832 to 1833, he studied law at the University of Göttingen, where he was a member of the Corps Hannovera, and then enrolled at the University of Berlin (1833–1835).”source: Wikipedia: Otto von Bismarck
1873year
Germanyattested“Napoleon III was taken prisoner at Sedan and kept in Germany for a time in case Bismarck had need of him to head the French regime; he later died in exile in England in 1873.”source: Wikipedia: Otto von Bismarck
1873year
Englandattested“Napoleon III was taken prisoner at Sedan and kept in Germany for a time in case Bismarck had need of him to head the French regime; he later died in exile in England in 1873.”source: Wikipedia: Otto von Bismarck
30 July 1898exact date
Friedrichsruhattested“He died just after midnight on 30 July 1898, at the age of 83 in Friedrichsruh, where he is entombed in the Bismarck Mausoleum.”source: Wikipedia: Otto von Bismarck
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1832 to 1835period
Humboldt University of Berlinmentioned“From 1832 to 1833, he studied law at the University of Göttingen, where he was a member of the Corps Hannovera, and then enrolled at the University of Berlin (1833–1835).”source: Wikipedia: Otto von Bismarck
1838year
University of Greifswaldmentioned“In 1838, while stationed as an army reservist in Greifswald, he studied agriculture at the University of Greifswald.”source: Wikipedia: Otto von Bismarck
1838year
Greifswaldmentioned“In 1838, while stationed as an army reservist in Greifswald, he studied agriculture at the University of Greifswald.”source: Wikipedia: Otto von Bismarck
1848year
Frankfurtmentioned“German unification had been a major objective of the revolutions of 1848, when representatives of the German states met in Frankfurt and drafted a constitution, creating a federal union with a national parliament to be elected by univers…”source: Wikipedia: Otto von Bismarck
1851year
Frankfurtmentioned“In 1851, Frederick William IV appointed Bismarck as Prussia's envoy to the Diet of the German Confederation in Frankfurt.”source: Wikipedia: Otto von Bismarck
1859year
Germanymentioned“But Bismarck was sidelined from events in Germany and could only watch impotently as France drove Austria out of Lombardy during the Italian War of 1859.”source: Wikipedia: Otto von Bismarck
May 1862month
Second French Empirementioned“In May 1862, he was sent to Paris to serve as ambassador to France, and also visited England that summer.”source: Wikipedia: Otto von Bismarck
May 1862month
Englandmentioned“In May 1862, he was sent to Paris to serve as ambassador to France, and also visited England that summer.”source: Wikipedia: Otto von Bismarck
1870 to 1871period
Romementioned“In addition, French mobilisation for the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871 made it necessary for Napoleon III to withdraw his troops from Rome and the Papal States.”source: Wikipedia: Otto von Bismarck
1871year
Crimeamentioned“After fifteen years of warfare in the Crimea, Germany and France, Europe began a period of peace in 1871.”source: Wikipedia: Otto von Bismarck
18 January 1871exact date
Hall of Mirrors (Palace of Versailles)mentioned“While the war was in its final phase, Wilhelm I of Prussia was proclaimed German Emperor on 18 January 1871 in the Hall of Mirrors in the Château de Versailles.”source: Wikipedia: Otto von Bismarck
March 1871month
Berlinmentioned“When he returned to Berlin in March 1871, he had become immortal ...”source: Wikipedia: Otto von Bismarck
1872year
Germanymentioned“Moreover, in 1872, the Jesuits were expelled from Germany.”source: Wikipedia: Otto von Bismarck
1872year
Second French Empirementioned“In 1872, a protracted quarrel began to fester between Bismarck and Count Harry von Arnim, the imperial ambassador to France.”source: Wikipedia: Otto von Bismarck
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