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Van Gogh enters the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum at Saint-Rémy on 8 May 1889

On 8 May 1889 Van Gogh entered the Saint-Rémy asylum. In the causal graph this event weakens Health-System Capacity, a driver that strengthens Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) — a worsening welfare path.

Van Gogh enters the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum at Saint-Rémy on 8 May 1889
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On 8 May 1889 Van Gogh entered the Saint-Rémy asylum. The instrument is that confinement. Starry Night remains a neighbouring making-row, not a deletion of the lock. Vincent van Gogh's documented role is: He requested and entered confinement. Dr Peyron's house held him.

Context

Theo arranged. Dr Peyron is the named director. Sharing that house is required. The setting of Van Gogh enters the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum at Saint-Rémy on 8 May 1889 is the public file around 1889-05-08. Driver health-system-capacity is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Why it matters

Worsening path from Van Gogh enters the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum at Saint-Rémy on 8 May 1889 on 1889-05-08. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

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

Who was responsible

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

  • Vincent van Gogh

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.4 · verified

    He requested and entered confinement. Dr Peyron's house held him.

What changed

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

    1. FactVan Gogh enters the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum at Saint-Rémy on 8 May 1889
    2. weakensDriverHealth-System Capacity
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.4 · Effect from 8 May 1889 · verified

    • Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)

      via Health-System Capacity

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.24 (weight 0.4 × 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 0.2 (weight 0.4 × 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.Britannica — Vincent van Gogh, Goupil neighbourhoodEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Van Gogh Museum — Vincent's life chronologyVan Gogh Museum · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Van Gogh Museum — Saint-Rémy asylum neighbourhood at https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/art-and-stories/vincents-life-1853-1890 (opens in a new tab) (Van Gogh Museum). Independent locator: Britannica — Vincent van Gogh, Saint-Rémy period at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vincent-van-Gogh (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Official carrier: Van Gogh Museum — Saint-Rémy asylum neighbourhood (https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/art-and-stories/vincents-life-1853-1890 (opens in a new tab); Van Gogh Museum). Independent carrier: Britannica — Vincent van Gogh, Saint-Rémy period (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vincent-van-Gogh (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica).

Established: a sourced public record of Van Gogh enters the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum at Saint-Rémy on 8 May 1889 under 1889-05-08 for Vincent van Gogh. Established: a sourced public record of Van Gogh enters the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum at Saint-Rémy on 8 May 1889 under 1889-05-08.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of Van Gogh enters the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum at Saint-Rémy on 8 May 1889 are separate paths.

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

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

Shared responsibility is part of Van Gogh enters the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum at Saint-Rémy on 8 May 1889. Naming Vincent van Gogh does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1889-05-08 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. ActorVincent van Gogh
  2. contributed toFactVan Gogh enters the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum at Saint-Rémy on 8 May 1889
  3. weakensDriverHealth-System Capacity
  4. strengthensIndicatorHospital beds (per 1,000 people)

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Factrail. (2026). Van Gogh enters the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum at Saint-Rémy on 8 May 1889. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/vg-saint-remy

https://factrail.ai/facts/vg-saint-remy

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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