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Mozart's mother dies in Paris in 1778 during a failed job hunt as a dated household shock

In 1778 Mozart's mother died in Paris during a failed job hunt. In the causal graph this event weakens Health-System Capacity, a driver that strengthens Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) — a worsening welfare path.

Mozart's mother dies in Paris in 1778 during a failed job hunt as a dated household shock
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In 1778 Mozart's mother died in Paris during a failed job hunt. The French court did not take him as hoped. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's documented role is: He was on a job hunt. Anna Maria died; the French court did not hire him as hoped.

Context

Leopold had sent them. Sharing the journey with Anna Maria is required. The setting of Mozart's mother dies in Paris in 1778 during a failed job hunt as a dated household shock is the public file around 1778-07-03. Driver health-system-capacity is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Why it matters

Worsening path from Mozart's mother dies in Paris in 1778 during a failed job hunt as a dated household shock on 1778-07-03. A parent's death on a failed labour journey is a health path. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

Shared responsibility is part of Mozart's mother dies in Paris in 1778 during a failed job hunt as a dated household shock. Naming Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1778-07-03 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

Who was responsible

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

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.32 · verified

    He was on a job hunt. Anna Maria died; the French court did not hire him as hoped.

What changed

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

    1. FactMozart's mother dies in Paris in 1778 during a failed job hunt as a dated household shock
    2. weakensDriverHealth-System Capacity
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.3 · Effect from 3 July 1778 · verified

    A parent's death on a failed labour journey is a health path.

    • Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)

      via Health-System Capacity

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.18 (weight 0.3 × strength 0.6)

      Observed

      3.08 Per 1000 people · 1.24 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      6 readings, 2018–2023: rose from 3.07 Per 1000 people to 3.08 Per 1000 people.

      Above normal = better

    • Under-five mortality rate (global)

      via Health-System Capacity

      Worse

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.15 (weight 0.3 × strength 0.5)

      Observed

      37.4 deaths per 1,000 live births · 12.4 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      7 readings, 2018–2024: fell from 40 deaths per 1,000 live births to 37.4 deaths per 1,000 live births.

      Above normal = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Digital Mozart Edition — early tours neighbourhoodInternationale Stiftung Mozarteum · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Mozart, grand tourEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Britannica — Mozart, Paris 1778 at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Digital Mozart Edition — Paris 1778 at https://dme.mozarteum.at/en/ (opens in a new tab) (Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum). Official carrier: Britannica — Mozart, Paris 1778 (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Digital Mozart Edition — Paris 1778 (https://dme.mozarteum.at/en/ (opens in a new tab); Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum).

Established: a sourced public record of Mozart's mother dies in Paris in 1778 during a failed job hunt as a dated household shock under 1778-07-03 for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Established: a sourced public record of Mozart's mother dies in Paris in 1778 during a failed job hunt as a dated household shock under 1778-07-03.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of Mozart's mother dies in Paris in 1778 during a failed job hunt as a dated household shock are separate paths.

Causal path

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

  1. ActorWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  2. contributed toFactMozart's mother dies in Paris in 1778 during a failed job hunt as a dated household shock
  3. weakensDriverHealth-System Capacity
  4. strengthensIndicatorHospital beds (per 1,000 people)

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Factrail. (2026). Mozart's mother dies in Paris in 1778 during a failed job hunt as a dated household shock. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/moz-paris-1778

https://factrail.ai/facts/moz-paris-1778

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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