1804 Text
Civil Code
Napoleon commissions a synthesis of Roman and customary law, exported from Spain to Poland.
What leads to what
Declared chains of causation — debatable, like any reading of history.Upstream
- leads to Declaration of the Rights of Man 1789 Les principes proclamés deviennent un droit applicable — et exportable.
Meanwhile, elsewhere
Within twenty-five years of 1804 — the context national timelines leave out.- 15 years earlier Declaration of the Rights of Man France
- 2 years later Sovereignty acquired Liechtenstein
- 8 years later Annexation of Bessarabia Moldova
- 10 years later Eidsvoll Constitution Norway
- 11 years later Congress of Vienna Austria
- 13 years earlier Constitution of 3 May Poland
- 5 years later Autonomous grand duchy Finland
- 10 years later Beginning of neutrality Sweden
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