Glossary of The French Revolution - Months of The French Revolutionary Calendar

Months of The French Revolutionary Calendar

  • Vendémiaire
  • Brumaire
  • Frimaire
  • Nivôse
  • Pluviôse
  • Ventôse
  • Germinal
  • Floréal
  • Prairial
  • Messidor
  • Thermidor
  • Fructidor

Under this calendar, the Year I or "Year 1" began 22 September, 1792 (the date of the official abolition of the monarchy and the nobility).

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