Quo Fuit places 8 dated presences for William Penn across 8 places, from 1644 to 1718.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
William Penn ( –) was an English writer, theologian, religious thinker, and influential Quaker who founded the Province of Pennsylvania.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place William Penn is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where William Penn was documented, and when
24 October 1644exact date
Tower Hillattested“Penn was born on 24 October 1644 at Tower Hill, London, the son of English naval officer Sir William Penn, and Dutchwoman Margaret Jasper, who was widow of a Dutch sea captain and the daughter of a rich merchant from Rotterdam.”source: Wikipedia: William Penn
24 October 1644exact date
Rotterdamattested“Penn was born on 24 October 1644 at Tower Hill, London, the son of English naval officer Sir William Penn, and Dutchwoman Margaret Jasper, who was widow of a Dutch sea captain and the daughter of a rich merchant from Rotterdam.”source: Wikipedia: William Penn
1701year
Englandattested“When new threats by France again put Penn's charter in jeopardy, Penn decided to return to England with his family, in 1701.”source: Wikipedia: William Penn
1718year
Ruscombeattested“In 1718, at age 73, Penn died penniless, at his home in Ruscombe, near Twyford in Berkshire, and is buried in a grave next to his first wife, Gulielma, in the cemetery of the Jordans Quaker meeting house near Chalfont St Giles in Bucking…”source: Wikipedia: William Penn
1718year
Buckinghamshireattested“In 1718, at age 73, Penn died penniless, at his home in Ruscombe, near Twyford in Berkshire, and is buried in a grave next to his first wife, Gulielma, in the cemetery of the Jordans Quaker meeting house near Chalfont St Giles in Bucking…”source: Wikipedia: William Penn
1718year
Twyford, Berkshireattested“In 1718, at age 73, Penn died penniless, at his home in Ruscombe, near Twyford in Berkshire, and is buried in a grave next to his first wife, Gulielma, in the cemetery of the Jordans Quaker meeting house near Chalfont St Giles in Bucking…”source: Wikipedia: William Penn
1718year
Chalfont St Gilesattested“In 1718, at age 73, Penn died penniless, at his home in Ruscombe, near Twyford in Berkshire, and is buried in a grave next to his first wife, Gulielma, in the cemetery of the Jordans Quaker meeting house near Chalfont St Giles in Bucking…”source: Wikipedia: William Penn
1718year
Berkshireattested“In 1718, at age 73, Penn died penniless, at his home in Ruscombe, near Twyford in Berkshire, and is buried in a grave next to his first wife, Gulielma, in the cemetery of the Jordans Quaker meeting house near Chalfont St Giles in Bucking…”source: Wikipedia: William Penn
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In each of these, a source puts William Penn and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
that William Penn was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason:
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1660year
University of Oxfordmentioned“In 1660, Penn arrived at the University of Oxford, where he was enrolled as a gentleman scholar with an assigned servant.”source: Wikipedia: William Penn
1666year
Irelandmentioned“With his father laid low by gout, young Penn was sent to Ireland in 1666 to manage the family landholdings.”source: Wikipedia: William Penn
1668year
Tower of Londonmentioned“In 1668, after writing a follow-up tract, The Sandy Foundation Shaken, Penn was imprisoned in the Tower of London.”source: Wikipedia: William Penn
1669year
Irelandmentioned“In 1669, Penn travelled to Ireland to deal with his father's estates.”source: Wikipedia: William Penn
1671 to 1677period
Germanymentioned“Between 1671 and 1677, Penn visited Germany on behalf of the Quaker faith, resulting in a German settlement in the Province of Pennsylvania that was symbolic in two ways: It was a German-speaking congregation, and it included religious d…”source: Wikipedia: William Penn
4 March 1681exact date
Americamentioned“On 4 March 1681, the King signed the charter and the following day Penn jubilantly wrote, "It is a clear and just thing, and my God who has given it to me through many difficulties, will, I believe, bless and make it the seed of a nation…”source: Wikipedia: William Penn
1682year
Graystones Forestmentioned“Penn purchased the first tract of land under a white oak tree at Graystones in 1682.”source: Wikipedia: William Penn
1684year
Englandmentioned“In 1684, Penn returned to England to see his family and to try to resolve a territorial dispute with Lord Baltimore.”source: Wikipedia: William Penn
June 1688month
Londonmentioned“His proposal at the London Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends in June 1688 to establish an "advisory committee that might offer counsel to individual Quakers deciding whether to take up public office" under James II was rebuffed by…”source: Wikipedia: William Penn
June 1688month
London Yearly Meetingmentioned“His proposal at the London Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends in June 1688 to establish an "advisory committee that might offer counsel to individual Quakers deciding whether to take up public office" under James II was rebuffed by…”source: Wikipedia: William Penn
December 1699month
Philadelphiamentioned“Accompanied by his second wife Hannah, daughter Letitia and secretary James Logan, Penn sailed from the Isle of Wight on the Canterbury, reaching Philadelphia in December 1699.”source: Wikipedia: William Penn
December 1699month
Isle of Wightmentioned“Accompanied by his second wife Hannah, daughter Letitia and secretary James Logan, Penn sailed from the Isle of Wight on the Canterbury, reaching Philadelphia in December 1699.”source: Wikipedia: William Penn
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