Legion of Honour founded
1802 · Event
First Consul Bonaparte creates a national order of merit open to soldiers and civilians alike — still France's highest decoration.
On these timelines: France, Napoleonic Wars, Master
More from France
- French Revolution (1789)
- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769)
- Napoleon's rule of France (1799)
- Reign of Charlemagne (768)
- Reign of Louis XIV (the Sun King) (1643)
- Founding of the Capetian dynasty (987)
- Treaty of Verdun (843)
- Baptism of Clovis (496)
Around 1802
- Latin American wars of independence (1808)
- Charles Darwin (1809)
- Abraham Lincoln (1809)
- Jenner's smallpox vaccine (1796)
- Napoleonic Wars (1803)
- Battle of Trafalgar (1805)
- Napoleon's invasion of Russia (1812)
- Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire (1806)
- Louisiana Purchase (1803)
- Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 (1808)