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Years and Months of the Republican Calendar

Years of the Republican calendar

  • An I (1) = Year I (1) = 22 September 1792
  • An II (2) = Year II (2) = 22 September 1793
  • An III (3) = Year III (3) = 22 September 1794
  • An IV (4) = Year IV (4) = 23 September 1795
  • An V (5) = Year V (5) = 22 September 1796
  • An VI (6) = Year VI (6) = 22 September 1797
  • An VII (7) = Year VII (7) = 22 September 1798
  • An VIII (8) = Year VIII (8) = 23 September 1799
  • An IX (9) = Year IX (9) = 23 September 1800
  • An X (10) = Year X (10) = 23 September 1801
  • An XI (11) = Year XI (11) = 23 September 1802
  • An XII (12) = Year XII (12) = 24 September 1803
  • An XIII (13) = Year XIII (13) = 23 September 1804
  • An XIV (14) = Year XIV (14) = 23 September 1805

Months of the Republican calendar

Mois = month

Fall/Automn months (mois d’automne): ending in -aire

  • Vendémiaire = 22/24 septembre – 21/23 octobre = 22/24 Sept. – 21/23 Oct.
  • Brumaire = 22/24 octobre – 20/22 novembre = 22/24 October – 20/22 November
  • Frimaire = 21/23 novembre – 20/22 décembre = 21/23 Nov. – 20/22 Dec.

Winter months (mois d’hiver): ending in -ose

  • Nivôse = 21/23 December – 19/21 January
  • Pluviôse = 20/22 January – 18/20 February
  • Ventôse = 19/21 February – 20/21 March

Spring months (mois du printemps): ending in -al

  • Germinal = 21/22 March – 19/20 April
  • Floréal = 20/21 April – 19/20 May
  • Prairial = 20/21 May – 18/19 June

Summer months (mois d’été): ending in -idor

  • Messidor = 19/20 juin – 18/19 juillet = 19/20 June – 18/19 July
  • Thermidor = 19/20 juillet – 17/18 août = 19/20 July – 17/18 August
  • Fructidor = 18/19 août – 16/17 septembre = 18/19 August – 16/17 September

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