Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Vitus Bering across 3 places, from 1681 to 1741.
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Vitus Jonassen Bering (baptised 5 August 1681 – 19 December 1741), also known as Ivan Ivanovich Bering, was a Danish-born Russian cartographer, explorer, and officer in the Russian Navy.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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5 August 1681exact date
Denmarkattested“Vitus Bering was born in the port town of Horsens in Denmark to Anne Pedderdatter and her husband Jonas Svendsen (a "customs inspector and churchwarden") and was baptized in the Lutheran church there on 5 August 1681.”source: Wikipedia: Vitus Bering
28 February 1730exact date
Okhotskattested“By July 1729 the two vessels were back at Okhotsk, where they were moored alongside the Vostok; the party, no longer needing to carry shipbuilding materials made good time on the return journey from Okhotsk, and by 28 February 1730 Berin…”source: Wikipedia: Vitus Bering
19 December 1741exact date
Kamchatka Peninsulaattested“On 19 December 1741 Vitus Bering died on the uninhabited island near the Kamchatka Peninsula, which was later given the name Bering Island in his honour.”source: Wikipedia: Vitus Bering
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1689year
Kamchatkamentioned“The natural route to Kamchatka was along tributaries of the Lena; but after the Treaty of Nerchinsk (1689) this looked politically infeasible.”source: Wikipedia: Vitus Bering
1696 to 1704period
Indiamentioned“Between 1696 and 1704, he traveled the seas, reaching India and the Dutch East Indies while also finding time to complete naval officer training in Amsterdam.”source: Wikipedia: Vitus Bering
8 October 1713exact date
Vyborgmentioned“On 8 October 1713, Bering married Anna Christina Pülse; the ceremony took place in the Lutheran church at Vyborg.”source: Wikipedia: Vitus Bering
1726year
Yakutskmentioned“After leaving Ust-Kut when the river ice melted in the spring of 1726, the party rapidly travelled down the River Lena, reaching Yakutsk in the first half of June.”source: Wikipedia: Vitus Bering
6 January 1727exact date
Okhotskmentioned“On 6 January 1727, Spanberg and two other men, who had together formed an advance party carrying the most vital items for the expedition, reached Okhotsk; ten days later sixty others joined them, although many were ill.”source: Wikipedia: Vitus Bering
June 1727month
Kamchatkamentioned“The Vostok was readied and the Fortuna built at a rapid pace, with the first party (48 men commanded by Spanberg and comprising those required to start work on the ships that would have to be built in Kamchatka itself as soon as possible…”source: Wikipedia: Vitus Bering
1729year
Bolsheretskmentioned“In the spring of 1729, the Fortuna, which had sailed round the Kamchatka Peninsula to bring supplies to the Lower Kamchatka Post, now returned to Bolsheretsk; and shortly after, so did the St.”source: Wikipedia: Vitus Bering
1731year
Okhotskmentioned“In any case, Skornyakov-Pisarev was ordered in 1731 to proceed to Okhotsk, with directions to expand it into a proper port.”source: Wikipedia: Vitus Bering
1732year
Moscowmentioned“In 1732, however, Bering was still at the planning stage in Moscow, having taken a short leave of absence for St.”source: Wikipedia: Vitus Bering
August 1734month
Tobolskmentioned“Bering and a small advance party left Tobolsk in later February, stopping at Irkutsk to pick up gifts for the native tribes they would later encounter; it arrived at Yakutsk in August 1734.”source: Wikipedia: Vitus Bering
August 1734month
Yakutskmentioned“Bering and a small advance party left Tobolsk in later February, stopping at Irkutsk to pick up gifts for the native tribes they would later encounter; it arrived at Yakutsk in August 1734.”source: Wikipedia: Vitus Bering
August 1734month
Irkutskmentioned“Bering and a small advance party left Tobolsk in later February, stopping at Irkutsk to pick up gifts for the native tribes they would later encounter; it arrived at Yakutsk in August 1734.”source: Wikipedia: Vitus Bering
June 1735month
Yakutskmentioned“Nonetheless, it arrived in Yakutsk in June 1735.”source: Wikipedia: Vitus Bering
1741year
North Americamentioned“From Petropavlovsk, Bering led his expedition towards North America in the spring of 1741.”source: Wikipedia: Vitus Bering
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