French Revolutionary Calendar
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| Months | ||||
| No | Season | Month | Translation | Starting date in the Gregorian Calendar |
| 1 | Autumn | Vendémiaire | grape harvest | 22, 23 or 24 September |
| 2 | Brumaire | fog | 22, 23 or 24 October | |
| 3 | Frimaire | frost | 21, 22 or 23 November | |
| 4 | Winter | Nivôse | snowy | 21, 22 or 23 December |
| 5 | Pluviôse | rainy | 20, 21 or 22 January | |
| 6 | Ventôse | windy | 19, 20 or 21 February | |
| 7 | Spring | Germinal | germination | 20 or 21 March |
| 8 | Floréal | flower | 20 or 21 April | |
| 9 | Prairial | pasture | 20 or 21 May | |
| 10 | Summer | Messidor | harvest | 19 or 20 June |
| 11 | Thermidor | summer heat | 19 or 20 July | |
| 12 | Fructidor | fruit | 18 or 19 August | |
| Days | ||||
| No | Day | |||
| 1 | primidi | |||
| 2 | duodi | |||
| 3 | tridi | |||
| 4 | quartidi | |||
| 5 | quintidi | |||
| 6 | sextidi | |||
| 7 | septidi | |||
| 8 | octidi | |||
| 9 | nonidi | |||
| 10 | décadi | |||
| Complementary days – five extra days, six in leap years | ||||
| No | Day | Celebration | Date in the Gregorian Calendar |
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| 1st | La Fête de la Vertu | Virtue | 17 or 18 September | |
| 2nd | La Fête du Génie | Talent | 18 or 19 September | |
| 3rd | La Fête du Travail | Labour | 19 or 20 September | |
| 4th | La Fête de l’Opinion | Convictions | 20 or 21 September | |
| 5th | La Fête des Récompenses | Honors / Awards | 21 or 22 September | |
| La Fête de la Révolution | Revolution | 22 September (or 23 September Leap years) | ||
Created 30 August 2010