Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for William Pitt the Younger across 3 places, from 1759 to 1783.
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William Pitt (28 May 1759 – 23 January 1806) was a British statesman who served as the last prime minister of Great Britain from 1783 until the Acts of Union 1800, and the first official prime minister of the United Kingdom from January 1801.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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28 May 1759exact date
Hayes, Bromleyattested“William Pitt, the second son of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, was born on 28 May 1759 at Hayes Place in the village of Hayes in Kent.”source: Wikipedia: William Pitt the Younger
28 May 1759exact date
Kentattested“William Pitt, the second son of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, was born on 28 May 1759 at Hayes Place in the village of Hayes in Kent.”source: Wikipedia: William Pitt the Younger
1783year
Franceattested“The peace in 1783 left France financially prostrate, while the British economy boomed due to the return of American business.”source: Wikipedia: William Pitt the Younger
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26 April 1773exact date
Pembroke College, Cambridgementioned“He was admitted to Pembroke College, Cambridge, on 26 April 1773, a month before turning fourteen, going up to Cambridge in October 1773.”source: Wikipedia: William Pitt the Younger
1780year
Lincoln's Innmentioned“He acquired his legal education at Lincoln's Inn and was called to the bar in the summer of 1780.”source: Wikipedia: William Pitt the Younger
January 1781month
House of Commons of Great Britainmentioned“Lowther effectively controlled the pocket borough of Appleby; a by-election in that constituency sent Pitt to the House of Commons in January 1781.”source: Wikipedia: William Pitt the Younger
1783year
North Americamentioned“Convicts were originally transported to the Thirteen Colonies in North America, but after the American War of Independence ended in 1783, the newly formed United States refused to accept further convicts.”source: Wikipedia: William Pitt the Younger
1785year
Great Britainmentioned“An early favourable response to the French Revolution encouraged many in Great Britain to reopen the issue of parliamentary reform, which had been dormant since Pitt's reform bill was defeated in 1785.”source: Wikipedia: William Pitt the Younger
1787 to 1792period
Eastern Europementioned“The relations between Russia and Britain were disturbed during the Russo-Turkish War of 1787–1792 by Pitt's subscription to the view of the Prussian government that the Triple Alliance could not with impunity allow the balance of power i…”source: Wikipedia: William Pitt the Younger
7 February 1788exact date
Sydneymentioned“The Colony of New South Wales was formally proclaimed by Governor Arthur Phillip on 7 February 1788 at Sydney.”source: Wikipedia: William Pitt the Younger
1793 to 1798period
Caribbeanmentioned“The historian Michael Duffy argued that since Pitt committed far more manpower and money to the Caribbean expeditions, especially the one to Saint-Domingue, than he ever did to Europe in the years 1793–1798, it is proper to view the West…”source: Wikipedia: William Pitt the Younger
20 September 1793exact date
Colony of Jamaicamentioned“On 20 September 1793, a British invasion force sent from Jamaica landed in Jérémie, where they were greeted with cheers by the city's white population.”source: Wikipedia: William Pitt the Younger
20 September 1793exact date
Jérémiementioned“On 20 September 1793, a British invasion force sent from Jamaica landed in Jérémie, where they were greeted with cheers by the city's white population.”source: Wikipedia: William Pitt the Younger
1795year
West Indiesmentioned“By 1795 half the British Army was in the West Indies (with the largest contingent in Saint-Domingue), with the rest being divided among Europe, India and North America.”source: Wikipedia: William Pitt the Younger
1795year
Kingdom of Irelandmentioned“Pitt's efforts to soften the anti-Catholic laws failed in the face of determined resistance from the families of the Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland, who forced Pitt to recall the Earl Fitzwilliam as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1795,…”source: Wikipedia: William Pitt the Younger
Kingdom of Irelandmentioned“The French expeditions to Ireland in 1796 and 1798 (to support the United Irishmen) were regarded by Pitt as near-misses that might have provided an Irish base for French attacks on Britain, thus making the "Irish Question" a national se…”source: Wikipedia: William Pitt the Younger
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