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The Légion d'honneur is founded in 1802 as a dated honour-and-cohesion machine

On 19 May 1802 the Légion d'honneur was founded as Napoleon's honour machine. Napoleon's documented role is: He founded a merit honour replacing some old orders. In the causal graph this event strengthens Social Cohesion, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — an improving welfare path.

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On 19 May 1802 the Légion d'honneur was founded as Napoleon's honour machine. It bound officers. Later republics' uses are not this act. Napoleon's documented role is: He founded a merit honour replacing some old orders. It bound officers to the regime.

Context

Old orders had been abolished. Sharing the new order with named first cohorts is required. The setting of The Légion d'honneur is founded in 1802 as a dated honour-and-cohesion machine is the public file around 1802-05-19. Contribution type is direct. Driver social-cohesion is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

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

Why it matters

Improving path from The Légion d'honneur is founded in 1802 as a dated honour-and-cohesion machine on 1802-05-19. A public honour order is a cohesion path of medium-low weight. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

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

Who was responsible

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

  • Napoleon

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.36 · verified

    He founded a merit honour replacing some old orders. It bound officers to the regime.

What changed

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

    1. FactThe Légion d'honneur is founded in 1802 as a dated honour-and-cohesion machine
    2. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Improving path

    impact weight 0.3 · Effect from 19 May 1802 · verified

    A public honour order is a cohesion path of medium-low weight.

    • Having a say in government

      via Social Cohesion

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.14 (weight 0.3 × 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 0.14 (weight 0.3 × 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.Fondation Napoléon — metric enforcement neighbourhoodFondation Napoléon · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Napoleon, metric system neighbourhoodEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Britannica — Legion of Honour at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Fondation Napoléon — Légion d'honneur at https://www.napoleon.org/en/ (opens in a new tab) (Fondation Napoléon). Official carrier: Britannica — Legion of Honour (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Fondation Napoléon — Légion d'honneur (https://www.napoleon.org/en/ (opens in a new tab); Fondation Napoléon).

Established: a sourced public record of The Légion d'honneur is founded in 1802 as a dated honour-and-cohesion machine under 1802-05-19 for Napoleon. Established: a sourced public record of The Légion d'honneur is founded in 1802 as a dated honour-and-cohesion machine under 1802-05-19.

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

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of The Légion d'honneur is founded in 1802 as a dated honour-and-cohesion machine are separate paths.

Shared responsibility is part of The Légion d'honneur is founded in 1802 as a dated honour-and-cohesion machine. Naming Napoleon does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1802-05-19 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.

Causal path

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

  1. ActorNapoleon
  2. contributed toFactThe Légion d'honneur is founded in 1802 as a dated honour-and-cohesion machine
  3. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). The Légion d'honneur is founded in 1802 as a dated honour-and-cohesion machine. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/nap-legion-1802

https://factrail.ai/facts/nap-legion-1802

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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