# Napoleon is crowned emperor on 2 December 1804 as a dated end of republican heading

Date: 1804

## The fact

On 2 December 1804 [Napoleon](/people/napoleon) was crowned emperor. The republican heading ended as public theatre. David's canvas is later. Napoleon's documented role is: He took an imperial crown in Notre-Dame. Pius attended; Napoleon crowned himself in the received staging.

## Context

Pius VII attended. Sharing the staging with that presence is required. The setting of Napoleon is crowned emperor on 2 December 1804 as a dated end of republican heading is the public file around 1804-12-02. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Contribution type is direct. Driver [democratic-resilience](/drivers/democratic-resilience) is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

## Evidence and sources

Official locator: Britannica — Napoleon, coronation 1804 at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Fondation Napoléon — coronation at https://www.napoleon.org/en/ (Fondation Napoléon). Official carrier: Britannica — Napoleon, coronation 1804 (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I; Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Fondation Napoléon — coronation (https://www.napoleon.org/en/; Fondation Napoléon).

Official or archival record: Britannica — Napoleon, coronation 1804 (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I; Encyclopaedia Britannica).

## Significance

Worsening path from Napoleon is crowned emperor on 2 December 1804 as a dated end of republican heading on 1804-12-02. A self-crowning empire is a democratic-resilience path stored as cost. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

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

## What is established and what is not

Established: a sourced public record of Napoleon is crowned emperor on 2 December 1804 as a dated end of republican heading under 1804-12-02 for Napoleon. Established: a sourced public record of Napoleon is crowned emperor on 2 December 1804 as a dated end of republican heading under 1804-12-02.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Do not treat David's later canvas as the act. Do not store 1804 as 1793. Mixed effects of Napoleon is crowned emperor on 2 December 1804 as a dated end of republican heading are separate paths.

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

The contribution type is direct. The attached driver is democratic-resilience. The welfare reading used in this dossier is worsening. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Shared responsibility is part of Napoleon is crowned emperor on 2 December 1804 as a dated end of republican heading. Naming Napoleon does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1804-12-02 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.

## People

- Napoleon: https://factrail.ai/people/napoleon

## Drivers

- Democratic Resilience: https://factrail.ai/drivers/democratic-resilience

## Sources

- https://www.napoleon.org/en/
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/nap-emperor-1804