Sun Yat-sen
1866 to 1925
8 documented presences
8 places
Quo Fuit places 8 dated presences for Sun Yat-sen across 8 places, from 1886 to 1904. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Sun Yat-sen (12 November 1866 to 12 March 1925) was a Chinese physician, revolutionary and political philosopher who founded the Republic of China (ROC) and the Kuomintang (KMT).Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Sun Yat-sen was documented, and when
1886year
Guangzhouattested
“In 1886, Sun studied medicine at the Guangzhou Boji Hospital under the Christian missionary John Glasgow Kerr.”
source: Wikipedia: Sun Yat-sen
1886year
Guangzhou Boji Hospitalattested
“In 1886, Sun studied medicine at the Guangzhou Boji Hospital under the Christian missionary John Glasgow Kerr.”
source: Wikipedia: Sun Yat-sen
1888year
Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chineseattested
“Sun attended To Tsai Church (), founded by the London Missionary Society in 1888, while he studied medicine in Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese.”
source: Wikipedia: Sun Yat-sen
1888year
Hong Kong SARattested
“Sun attended To Tsai Church (), founded by the London Missionary Society in 1888, while he studied medicine in Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese.”
source: Wikipedia: Sun Yat-sen
March 1904month
Kula, Hawaiiattested
“In March 1904, while residing in Kula, Maui, Sun Yat-sen obtained a Certificate of Hawaiian Birth, issued by the Territory of Hawaii, stating that "he was born in the Hawaiian Islands on the 24th day of November, A.D.”
source: Wikipedia: Sun Yat-sen
March 1904month
Hawaiian Islandsattested
“In March 1904, while residing in Kula, Maui, Sun Yat-sen obtained a Certificate of Hawaiian Birth, issued by the Territory of Hawaii, stating that "he was born in the Hawaiian Islands on the 24th day of November, A.D.”
source: Wikipedia: Sun Yat-sen
28 April 1904exact date
San Franciscoattested
“On 28 April 1904, the acting secretary of the Department of Commerce and Labor in a four-page decision contained in the case file, set aside the order of deportation and ordered the Commissioner of Immigration in San Francisco to "permit…”
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28 April 1904exact date
United Statesattested
“On 28 April 1904, the acting secretary of the Department of Commerce and Labor in a four-page decision contained in the case file, set aside the order of deportation and ordered the Commissioner of Immigration in San Francisco to "permit…”
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Places Sun Yat-sen is documented in
Guangzhou1 presence · 1886San Francisco1 presence · 1904United States1 presence · 1904
Guangzhou Boji Hospital1 presence · 1886
Hawaiian Islands1 presence · 1904
Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese1 presence · 1888
Hong Kong SAR1 presence · 1888
Kula, Hawaii1 presence · 1904
Other places tied to Sun Yat-sen in the record
In each of these, a source puts Sun Yat-sen and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Sun Yat-sen 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.
1882year
United Statesmentioned
“According to Lee Yun-ping, chairman of the Chinese historical society, Sun needed a certificate to enter the United States since the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 would have otherwise blocked him.”
source: Wikipedia: Sun Yat-sen
1883year
Chinamentioned
“By 1883, Sun's interest in Christianity had become deeply worrisome for his brother, who, seeing his conversion as inevitable, sent Sun back to China.”
source: Wikipedia: Sun Yat-sen
4 May 1884exact date
San Franciscomentioned
“Sun said in San Francisco, "Our greatest hope is to make the Bible and Christian education, as we have known it, the means of conveying to our countrymen what blessings may be in the way of just laws." Sun was baptized in Hong Kong on 4…”
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4 May 1884exact date
Hong Kong SARmentioned
“Sun said in San Francisco, "Our greatest hope is to make the Bible and Christian education, as we have known it, the means of conveying to our countrymen what blessings may be in the way of just laws." Sun was baptized in Hong Kong on 4…”
source: Wikipedia: Sun Yat-sen
1887year
Londonmentioned
“According to his book Kidnapped in London, in 1887 Sun heard of the opening of the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese (the forerunner of the University of Hong Kong).”
source: Wikipedia: Sun Yat-sen
1894year
Qing dynastymentioned
“In 1894, Sun wrote an 8,000-character petition to Qing Viceroy Li Hongzhang presenting his ideas for modernizing China.”
source: Wikipedia: Sun Yat-sen
26 October 1895exact date
Guangzhoumentioned
“In the second year of the establishment of the Revive China Society, on 26 October 1895, the group planned and launched the First Guangzhou uprising against the Qing in Guangzhou.”
source: Wikipedia: Sun Yat-sen
1896year
Londonmentioned
“While in exile in London in 1896, Sun raised money for his revolutionary party and to support uprisings in China.”
source: Wikipedia: Sun Yat-sen
1896year
Chinamentioned
“While in exile in London in 1896, Sun raised money for his revolutionary party and to support uprisings in China.”
source: Wikipedia: Sun Yat-sen
1897year
Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinesementioned
“James Cantlie, Sun's former teacher at the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, maintained a lifelong friendship with Sun and later wrote an early biography of him Sun wrote a book in 1897 about his detention, "Kidnapped in London.…”
source: Wikipedia: Sun Yat-sen
1897year
Londonmentioned
“James Cantlie, Sun's former teacher at the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, maintained a lifelong friendship with Sun and later wrote an early biography of him Sun wrote a book in 1897 about his detention, "Kidnapped in London.…”
source: Wikipedia: Sun Yat-sen
1897year
Hong Kong SARmentioned
“James Cantlie, Sun's former teacher at the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, maintained a lifelong friendship with Sun and later wrote an early biography of him Sun wrote a book in 1897 about his detention, "Kidnapped in London.…”
source: Wikipedia: Sun Yat-sen
16 August 1897exact date
Yokohamamentioned
“He arrived in Yokohama on 16 August 1897 and met with the Japanese philosopher Tōten Miyazaki.”
source: Wikipedia: Sun Yat-sen
1900year
Empire of Japanmentioned
“In 1900, Sun Yat-sen temporarily exiled himself to Japan again.”
source: Wikipedia: Sun Yat-sen
22 October 1900exact date
1902year
1903year
26 April 1904exact date
20 August 1905exact date
20 August 1905exact date
1 December 1907exact date
19 July 1910exact date
19 July 1910exact date
13 November 1910exact date
Documented at the same place, the same year
George DarwinNational Academy of Sciences · 1904Syngman RheeNational Academy of Sciences · 1904Alphonse MuchaNational Academy of Sciences · 1904
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Sources
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