Pluviôse

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Pluviôse is the fifth month of the French Republican Calendar, corresponding roughly to late January and early February and named for its typically rainy weather.

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Pluviôse canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf calendar month
month of the French Republican Calendar
abolishedBy Napoleonic decree
abolishedEffectiveDate 1806-01-01
abolishedUnder Napoleon Bonaparte
associatedSeason winter
calendarEra French Revolution
surface form: French Revolutionary era
calendarType revolutionary calendar
solar calendar
correspondsRoughlyTo early February
late January
dayStructure 10-day weeks
dividedInto three décades
etymologyLanguage French
etymologyRoot pluie
follows Nivôse
hasLanguageForm French
hasNamingConvention natural phenomena
hasNumberOfDays 30
hasTheme agriculture
weather
introducedBy French First Republic
introducedByDecreeDate 14 Vendémiaire Year II
1793-10-05
introducedInYear 1793
isFollowedInSeasonalSequenceBy Ventôse
isPrecededInSeasonalSequenceBy Nivôse
namedAfter rain
occursDuringGregorianMonths February
January
partOf French Republican Calendar
positionInYear 5
precedes Ventôse
sharesNamingPatternWith Brumaire
Floréal
Frimaire
Fructidor
Germinal
Messidor
Nivôse
Prairial
Thermidor
Ventôse
typicalWeather rainy
usedFromYear 1793
usedIn France
usedUntilYear 1805
writingSystem Latin alphabet
yearNumberingSystem Roman numerals

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Nivôse precedes Pluviôse