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Vendémiaire 13: Bonaparte fires on a Paris rising as a dated street-killing

On 5 October 1795 Bonaparte fired on a Paris rising (13 Vendémiaire). In the causal graph this event weakens Democratic Resilience, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.

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On 5 October 1795 Bonaparte fired on a Paris rising (13 Vendémiaire). It is a street-killing, not Brumaire. Napoleon's documented role is: He commanded guns against a royalist rising. The Directory survived; the street dead are the cost.

Context

Barras is the political counterpart. Sharing the guns with the Directory is required. The setting of Vendémiaire 13: Bonaparte fires on a Paris rising as a dated street-killing is the public file around 1795-10-05. Driver democratic-resilience 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

Worsening path from Vendémiaire 13: Bonaparte fires on a Paris rising as a dated street-killing on 1795-10-05. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

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 0.52 · verified

    He commanded guns against a royalist rising. The Directory survived; the street dead are the cost.

What changed

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

    1. FactVendémiaire 13: Bonaparte fires on a Paris rising as a dated street-killing
    2. weakensDriverDemocratic Resilience
    3. strengthensIndicators (3)Having a say in government
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 5 October 1795 · verified

    • Having a say in government

      via Democratic Resilience

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.35 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.7)

      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

    • Clean elections index

      via Democratic Resilience

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      0.53 score from 0 to 1 · 0.34 below the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      125 readings, 1900–2024: rose from 0.17 score from 0 to 1 to 0.53 score from 0 to 1.

      Above normal = better

    • WJP Rule of Law Index (global)

      via Democratic Resilience

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      0.55 index score (0-1) · 0.26 below the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      Above normal = better

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 — Napoleon, 13 Vendémiaire at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Fondation Napoléon — Vendémiaire at https://www.napoleon.org/en/ (opens in a new tab) (Fondation Napoléon). Official carrier: Britannica — Napoleon, 13 Vendémiaire (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Fondation Napoléon — Vendémiaire (https://www.napoleon.org/en/ (opens in a new tab); Fondation Napoléon).

Established: a sourced public record of Vendémiaire 13: Bonaparte fires on a Paris rising as a dated street-killing under 1795-10-05 for Napoleon. Established: a sourced public record of Vendémiaire 13: Bonaparte fires on a Paris rising as a dated street-killing under 1795-10-05.

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. Two different coups-adjacent instruments. Mixed effects of Vendémiaire 13: Bonaparte fires on a Paris rising as a dated street-killing are separate paths.

Shared responsibility is part of Vendémiaire 13: Bonaparte fires on a Paris rising as a dated street-killing. Naming Napoleon does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1795-10-05 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 toFactVendémiaire 13: Bonaparte fires on a Paris rising as a dated street-killing
  3. weakensDriverDemocratic Resilience
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Vendémiaire 13: Bonaparte fires on a Paris rising as a dated street-killing. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/nap-vendemiaire-1795

https://factrail.ai/facts/nap-vendemiaire-1795

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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