Fructidor () is the twelfth month in the French Republican Calendar. The month was named after the

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word ''fructus'', which means "fruit". Fructidor is the third month of the summer quarter (''mois d'été''). By the

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, Fructidor starts on either August 18 or August 19 and ends exactly thirty days later, on September 16 or September 17. Fructidor follows the month of

Thermidor Thermidor () was the eleventh month in the French Republican Calendar. The month was named after the French word ''thermal'', derived from the Greek word "thermos" (''heat''). Thermidor was the second month of the summer quarter (''mois d'ét� ...

and precedes the

Sansculottides The Sansculottides (; also Epagomènes; french: Sans-culottides, Sanculottides, jours complémentaires, jours épagomènes) are holidays following the last month of the year on the French Republican calendar which was used following the French Re ...

. The month is often used as a shorthand term for the Coup of 18 Fructidor.

Day name table

Like all French Republican months, Fructidor lasted thirty days and was divided into three weeks called decades (''décades'') which each lasted ten days. Within every decade, each day had the name of an agricultural plant, except the fifth - the ''Quintidi'' - which had the name of an

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, and the tenth - the ''Decadi'' - which had the name of an agricultural tool.

Conversion table

External links

Summer Quarter of Year II (facsimile)
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