Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Washington Irving across 3 places, from 1818 to 1859.
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Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Washington Irving was documented, and when
October 1818month
United Statesattested“In October 1818, Irving's brother William secured for Irving a post as chief clerk to the United States Navy and urged him to return home.”source: Wikipedia: Washington Irving
September 1846month
Sunnyside (Tarrytown, New York)attested“Irving returned from Spain in September 1846, took up residence at Sunnyside, and began work on an "Author's Revised Edition" of his works for publisher George Palmer Putnam.”source: Wikipedia: Washington Irving
September 1846month
Spainattested“Irving returned from Spain in September 1846, took up residence at Sunnyside, and began work on an "Author's Revised Edition" of his works for publisher George Palmer Putnam.”source: Wikipedia: Washington Irving
28 November 1859exact date
Sunnyside (Tarrytown, New York)attested“Irving died of a heart attack in his bedroom at Sunnyside on November 28, 1859, age 76—only eight months after completing the final volume of his Washington biography.”source: Wikipedia: Washington Irving
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Places Washington Irving is documented in
Sunnyside (Tarrytown, New York)2 presences · 1846 to 1859
Other places tied to Washington Irving in the record
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1789year
New York (state)mentioned“Irving met his namesake at age 6 when George Washington came to New York just before his inauguration as president in 1789.”source: Wikipedia: Washington Irving
1798year
Tarrytown, New Yorkmentioned“An outbreak of yellow fever in Manhattan in 1798 prompted his family to send him upriver, where he stayed with his friend James Kirke Paulding in Tarrytown, New York.”source: Wikipedia: Washington Irving
1798year
Manhattanmentioned“An outbreak of yellow fever in Manhattan in 1798 prompted his family to send him upriver, where he stayed with his friend James Kirke Paulding in Tarrytown, New York.”source: Wikipedia: Washington Irving
1802year
New York (state)mentioned“Irving began writing letters to the New York Morning Chronicle (a newspaper edited by his brother Peter) in 1802 when he was 19, submitting commentaries on the city's social and theater scene under the pseudonym Jonathan Oldstyle.”source: Wikipedia: Washington Irving
1805year
Romementioned“While visiting Rome in 1805, Irving struck up a friendship with painter Washington Allston and was almost persuaded into a career as a painter.”source: Wikipedia: Washington Irving
1807year
New York (state)mentioned“(In 1807, Irving would cover the Burr trial for the newspaper.) Charles Brockden Brown made a trip to New York to try to recruit Oldstyle for a literary magazine he was editing in Philadelphia.”source: Wikipedia: Washington Irving
1807year
Philadelphiamentioned“(In 1807, Irving would cover the Burr trial for the newspaper.) Charles Brockden Brown made a trip to New York to try to recruit Oldstyle for a literary magazine he was editing in Philadelphia.”source: Wikipedia: Washington Irving
1809year
United Statesmentioned“The book was another popular success and also the first book written and published by Irving in the United States since A History of New York in 1809.”source: Wikipedia: Washington Irving
1819year
New York (state)mentioned“In the spring of 1819, Irving sent to his brother Ebenezer in New York a set of short prose pieces that he asked be published as The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.”source: Wikipedia: Washington Irving
1819 to 1820period
Londonmentioned“The first installment, containing "Rip Van Winkle", was an enormous success, and the rest of the work was equally successful; it was issued in 1819–1820 in seven installments in New York and in two volumes in London ("The Legend of Sleep…”source: Wikipedia: Washington Irving
1822year
Dresdenmentioned“Still struggling with writer's block, Irving traveled to Germany, settling in Dresden in the winter of 1822.”source: Wikipedia: Washington Irving
1822year
Germanymentioned“Still struggling with writer's block, Irving traveled to Germany, settling in Dresden in the winter of 1822.”source: Wikipedia: Washington Irving
June 1822month
Birminghammentioned“The book, Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists, A Medley (the location was based loosely on Aston Hall, occupied by members of the Bracebridge family, near his sister's home in Birmingham) was published in June 1822.”source: Wikipedia: Washington Irving
30 January 1826exact date
Parismentioned“While in Paris, Irving received a letter from Alexander Hill Everett on January 30, 1826.”source: Wikipedia: Washington Irving
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