Marengo in 1800 is a dated Italian battle that locks the Consulate
On 14 June 1800 Marengo locked the Consulate with a killing-field. In the causal graph this event weakens Humanitarian Access, a driver that strengthens People Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC) — an improving welfare path.
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On 14 June 1800 Marengo locked the Consulate with a killing-field. Desaix's arrival is the received turn. Napoleon's documented role is: He fought Marengo. Desaix's arrival is the received turn; the field is a killing that locked a coup-regime.
Context
Austria is the counterpart. Sharing the field with Desaix is required. The setting of Marengo in 1800 is a dated Italian battle that locks the Consulate is the public file around 1800-06-14. Driver humanitarian-access is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.
Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.
Why it matters
Worsening path from Marengo in 1800 is a dated Italian battle that locks the Consulate on 1800-06-14. A pitched battle locking a coup is a humanitarian path. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.
Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of Marengo in 1800 is a dated Italian battle that locks the Consulate are separate paths.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Napoleon
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.48 · verified
He fought Marengo. Desaix's arrival is the received turn; the field is a killing that locked a coup-regime.
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactMarengo in 1800 is a dated Italian battle that locks the Consulate
- weakensDriverHumanitarian Access
- strengthensIndicatorPeople Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC)
impact weight 0.45 · Effect from 14 June 1800 · verified
A pitched battle locking a coup is a humanitarian path.
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.5)
Observed
69M people (stock, end-of-year) · 28M above the normal line (2025)
Worse than normal3 readings, 2023–2025: rose from 68M people (stock, end-of-year) to 69M people (stock, end-of-year).
Above normal = worse
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.Fondation Napoléon — metric enforcement neighbourhoodFondation Napoléon · High credibility · verified
- 2.Britannica — Napoleon, metric system neighbourhoodEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Official locator: Britannica — Battle of Marengo at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Fondation Napoléon — Marengo at https://www.napoleon.org/en/ (opens in a new tab) (Fondation Napoléon). Official carrier: Britannica — Battle of Marengo (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Fondation Napoléon — Marengo (https://www.napoleon.org/en/ (opens in a new tab); Fondation Napoléon).
Established: a sourced public record of Marengo in 1800 is a dated Italian battle that locks the Consulate under 1800-06-14 for Napoleon. Established: a sourced public record of Marengo in 1800 is a dated Italian battle that locks the Consulate under 1800-06-14.
Shared responsibility is part of Marengo in 1800 is a dated Italian battle that locks the Consulate. Naming Napoleon does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1800-06-14 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.
That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.
If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorNapoleon
- contributed toFactMarengo in 1800 is a dated Italian battle that locks the Consulate
- weakensDriverHumanitarian Access
- strengthensIndicatorPeople Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC)
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Factrail. (2026). Marengo in 1800 is a dated Italian battle that locks the Consulate. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/nap-marengo-1800
https://factrail.ai/facts/nap-marengo-1800
Accessed 16 October 2026.
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