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Handel’s Utrecht Te Deum and Jubilate mark the 1713 Peace of Utrecht thanksgiving in London

Public peace-thanksgiving music is a cohesion path. In the causal graph this event strengthens Social Cohesion, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — an improving welfare path.

Sources: [1][2]

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Chapel forces share the performance. Later editions are carriers.

Context

Hanover appointment and Rinaldo neighbour early London.

George Frideric Handel’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.

War of the Spanish Succession settlement; Queen Anne’s London.

Why it matters

Public peace-thanksgiving music is a cohesion path.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.4 · verified

    Named composer of the Utrecht thanksgiving music. Chapel Royal forces share performance.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactHandel’s Utrecht Te Deum and Jubilate mark the 1713 Peace of Utrecht thanksgiving in London
    2. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Improving path

    impact weight 0.45 · Effect from 7 July 1713 · verified

    A dated peace Te Deum is a limited cohesion path.

    • Having a say in government

      via Social Cohesion

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.2 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Social Cohesion

      Better

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.2 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Handel Hendrix House — Learn about HandelHandel House Trust · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — George Frideric HandelEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Britannica and Handel House narratives date the Utrecht Te Deum and Jubilate to the July 1713 public thanksgiving for the Peace of Utrecht.

Britannica and Handel Hendrix House independently place the Utrecht Te Deum in the 1713 peace celebrations.

Established: 1713 Utrecht Te Deum in the biography file. Not established: that Handel negotiated the treaty.

George Frideric Handel did not file a later UNESCO form, a later Loeb colophon, or a later museum label as a personal act.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorGeorge Frideric Handel
  2. contributed toFactHandel’s Utrecht Te Deum and Jubilate mark the 1713 Peace of Utrecht thanksgiving in London
  3. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Handel’s Utrecht Te Deum and Jubilate mark the 1713 Peace of Utrecht thanksgiving in London. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/gfh-utrecht-te-deum-1713

https://factrail.ai/facts/gfh-utrecht-te-deum-1713

Accessed 15 October 2026.

By the Factrail desk · Method: how we source and score · Last reviewed

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