Ventôse (; also ''Ventose'') was the sixth

month A month is a unit of time, used with calendars, that is approximately as long as a natural phase cycle of the Moon; the words ''month'' and ''Moon'' are cognates. The traditional concept of months arose with the cycle of Moon phases; such lunar mo ...

in the French Republican Calendar. The month was named after the

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word ''ventosus'' 'windy'. Ventôse was the third month of the winter quarter (''mois d'hiver''). It started between 19 and 21 February. It ended between 20 and 21 March. It follows

Pluviôse Pluviôse (; also ''Pluviose'') was the fifth month in the French Republican Calendar. The month was named after the Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European langua ...

, the second moth and precedes the four month, Germinal. New names for the calendar were suggested by Fabre d'Églantine on 24 October 1793 and on 24 November the

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accepted the names with minor changes. It was decided to omit the

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(''accent circonflexe'') in the names of the winter months, so the month was named ''Ventose'' instead of ''Ventôse''.

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prefers the spelling ''Ventôse''.

Day name table

Like all FRC months Ventôse lasted 30 days and was divided into three 10-day weeks called ''décades'' (decades). Every day had the name of an agricultural plant, except the 5th (Quintidi) and 10th day (Decadi) of every decade, which had the name of a domestic animal (Quintidi) or an agricultural tool (Decadi).

Conversion table

External links

Winter Quarter of Year II (facsimile)
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