Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Pol Pot across 3 places, from 1948 to 1994.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Pol Pot (born Saloth Sâr; 19 May 1925 – 15 April 1998) was a Cambodian politician, revolutionary, and dictator who ruled Democratic Kampuchea from 1975 until his overthrow in 1979 during the Cambodian–Vietnamese War.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Pol Pot is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Pol Pot was documented, and when
1948year
Phnom Penhattested“Instead, he enrolled in 1948 to study carpentry at the Ecole Technique in Russey Keo, in Phnom Penh's northern suburbs.”source: Wikipedia: Pol Pot
1972year
Cambodiaattested“In early 1972, Pol Pot embarked on his first tour of the Marxist-controlled areas across Cambodia.”source: Wikipedia: Pol Pot
1994year
Anlong Vengattested“Pol Pot moved to Anlong Veng, but as that was overrun in 1994 he relocated to Kbal Ansoang, on the crest of the Dângrêk Mountains.”source: Wikipedia: Pol Pot
Open Quo Fuit to see these 3 presences on the
globe, filter them by date, and follow the journey year by year.
Places Pol Pot is documented in
Anlong Veng1 presence · 1994
Cambodia1 presence · 1972
Phnom Penh1 presence · 1948
Other places tied to Pol Pot in the record
In each of these, a source puts Pol Pot and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
that Pol Pot 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.
1941year
Cambodiamentioned“During the Second World War, Nazi Germany invaded France, and in 1941, the Japanese ousted the French from Cambodia, with Sihanouk proclaiming his country's independence.”source: Wikipedia: Pol Pot
1945year
Angkor Watmentioned“During the new year vacation in 1945, Sâr and several friends from his college theatre troupe went on a provincial tour in a bus to raise money for a trip to Angkor Wat.”source: Wikipedia: Pol Pot
1949year
Francementioned“In summer 1949, Sâr passed his brevet and secured one of five scholarships allowing him to travel to France to study at one of its engineering schools.”source: Wikipedia: Pol Pot
1 October 1949exact date
Parismentioned“Sâr arrived in Paris on 1 October 1949.”source: Wikipedia: Pol Pot
January 1950month
EFREImentioned“In January 1950, Sâr enrolled at the École française de radioélectricité to study radio electronics.”source: Wikipedia: Pol Pot
1950year
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslaviamentioned“In summer 1950, he was one of 18 Cambodian students who joined French counterparts in traveling to the FPR Yugoslavia to volunteer in a labour battalion building a motorway in Zagreb.”source: Wikipedia: Pol Pot
1950year
Zagrebmentioned“In summer 1950, he was one of 18 Cambodian students who joined French counterparts in traveling to the FPR Yugoslavia to volunteer in a labour battalion building a motorway in Zagreb.”source: Wikipedia: Pol Pot
13 January 1953exact date
Saigonmentioned“Sâr arrived in Saigon (the future Ho Chi Minh City) on 13 January 1953, the same day on which Sihanouk disbanded the Democratic-controlled National Assembly, began ruling by decree, and imprisoned Democratic members of parliament without…”source: Wikipedia: Pol Pot
October 1954month
Cambodiamentioned“The last Khmer Việt Minh units left Cambodia for North Vietnam in October 1954.”source: Wikipedia: Pol Pot
October 1960month
Phnom Penhmentioned“The Kampuchean Labour Party's conference, held clandestinely from September to October 1960 in Phnom Penh, saw Samouth become party secretary and Nuon Chea his deputy, while Sâr took the third senior position and Ieng Sary the fourth.”source: Wikipedia: Pol Pot
April 1965month
Hanoimentioned“In April 1965, Sâr travelled by foot along the Ho Chi Minh trail to Hanoi to meet North Vietnamese government figures, among them Ho Chi Minh and Lê Duẩn.”source: Wikipedia: Pol Pot
November 1965month
Beijingmentioned“In November 1965, Saloth Sâr flew from Hanoi to Beijing, where his official host was Deng Xiaoping, although most of his meetings were with Peng Zhen.”source: Wikipedia: Pol Pot
February 1966month
Hanoimentioned“Sâr left Beijing in February 1966, and flew back to Hanoi before a four-month journey along the Ho Chi Minh trail to reach the Cambodian's new base at Loc Ninh.”source: Wikipedia: Pol Pot
February 1966month
Beijingmentioned“Sâr left Beijing in February 1966, and flew back to Hanoi before a four-month journey along the Ho Chi Minh trail to reach the Cambodian's new base at Loc Ninh.”source: Wikipedia: Pol Pot
Every line above is a dated fact taken from a source, with the sentence it came from and a link
back to it. Nothing is inferred, and a gap in the record is not evidence that someone was elsewhere.
A tag says how the fact is carried by its source: documented a structured,
explicitly dated record, attested a sentence that states the person was there,
mentioned a sentence that ties the person to the place without stating presence.
Sentences quoted from Wikipedia are available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Public domain books come from
Project Gutenberg. Quo Fuit claims no rights over these sources.
See Pol Pot on a 3D globe, filter the record by date, and cross this life with another to find
where the two overlap.
