Order of Merit

Table of Contents

Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics

Read Next

Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company

Periods of American Literature

close up of 3d microscopic blue bacteria

What Was Life Like Before We Knew About Germs?

poem. A poet in a Heian period kimono writes Japanese poetry during the Kamo Kyokusui No En Ancient Festival at Jonan-gu shrine on April 29, 2013 in Kyoto, Japan. Festival of Kyokusui-no Utage orignated in 1,182, party Heian era (794-1192).

World Poetry Day

Discover

The Lost Colony of Roanoke, North Carolina, where 115 people mysteriously disappeared c. 1590. John White discovers the word Croatoan carved onto a tree upon his return to the deserted Roanoke Colony in 1590

The Lost Colony of Roanoke

Andrew Jackson delivering a speech while on his way to Washington, D.C., for his inauguration in 1829. From Harper's Weekly, 1881.

5 Remarkably Close U.S. Presidential Elections

A tornado in rural Iowa sweeps dangerously near a farm. Weather storm

Why Does the United States Have More Tornadoes than Any Other Country?

Hemp (Cannabis sativa).

9 Mind-Altering Plants

Flag of Bhutan

6 Small Kingdoms of the World

United States elections portal page linking to each election interactive

A History of U.S. Presidential Elections in Maps

Washington, D.C. locator map.

What State Is Washington, D.C. In?

Order of Merit: Facts & Related Content

Written and fact-checked by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As	O.M.
Date	1902 - present

Topics

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire The Most Noble Order of the Garter Legion of Honour The Most Honourable Order of the Bath Royal Victorian Order The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George Pour le Mérite Order of the Rising Sun Order of the Companions of Honour The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle