Vendémiaire

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Vendémiaire is the first month of the French Republican Calendar, corresponding roughly to late September and early October and associated with the grape harvest.

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Vendémiaire canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf calendar month
month of the French Republican Calendar
associatedWith grape harvest
belongsToSeason Autumn (in the French Republican Calendar)
calendarEra French Revolution
surface form: French Revolutionary era
calendarType solar calendar
correspondsRoughlyTo early October
late September
countryOfUse French First Republic
surface form: First French Republic
endDateApproximationInGregorianCalendar around 21 or 22 October
etymology derived from French word "vendange" meaning grape harvest
follows no previous month in the French Republican Calendar
hasAlternativeClassification first month of the autumn quarter in the French Republican Calendar
hasCulturalAssociation French revolutionary culture
hasDayStructure three décades of ten days each
hasNumberOfDays 30
hasSymbolism vintage and wine production
hasTheme agricultural products
historicalStatus obsolete month name
introducedInCalendarReform French Republican Calendar
surface form: French Republican Calendar reform of 1793
languageOfName French
namedBy Fabre d’Églantine
surface form: Fabre d'Églantine
partOf French Republican Calendar
positionInSequence 1
precedes Brumaire
replacedBy Gregorian calendar months September and October (after abolition of the French Republican Calendar)
seasonInRepublicanCalendar mois d'automne
startDateApproximationInGregorianCalendar around 22 or 23 September
usedDuring French Revolution
surface form: French Revolution era
usedFor dating official documents in Revolutionary France
usedIn France

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Sansculottides precedesMonth Vendémiaire