Messidor

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Messidor is the tenth month of the French Republican Calendar, corresponding roughly to late June and most of July, whose name evokes the harvest.

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Messidor canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French Republican Calendar month
month
associatedSeason summer
belongsToSeasonSeries summer quarter months Messidor, Thermidor, Fructidor
calendarAbolished 1806
calendarIntroducedOn 1793-10-05
calendarReformContext French Revolution
correspondsTo Gregorian late June to late July
dayNamingScheme named after agricultural plants, tools, and animals
dayStructure 3 décades of 10 days each
endApproximateGregorian late July
etymology derived from Latin "messis" meaning harvest
fifteenthDayName Bélier
fifthDayName Mulet
firstDayName Seigle
follows Prairial
fourthDayName Véronique
hasTheme harvest and agricultural work
languageOfName French
meaningOfName harvest month
numberOfDays 30
partOf French Republican Calendar
positionInCalendar 10
precedes Thermidor
quarterOfYear third quarter of French Republican year
secondDayName Avoine
startApproximateGregorian late June
tenthDayName Arrosoir
thirdDayName Oignon
thirtiethDayName Hache
twentiethDayName Échelle
twentyFifthDayName Chèvre
usedFromYear 1793
usedInCountry France
usedUntilYear 1805

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Thermidor follows Messidor
Prairial precedes Messidor