THE REPUBLICAN CALENDAR

HE Republican Calendar was used from September, 22, 1792, to September 9, 1805. The names of the months were as follows : — FOR AUTUMN: Vendémiaire (vindemia, grapegathering), Brumaire (brwma, brume, fog), Frimaire (frimas, hoarfrost); FOR WINTER: Nivôse (nivosus, snowy), Pluviôse (pluviosus, rainy), Ventôse (ventosus, windy) ; FOR SPRING: Germinal (germen, germ), Floréal (fforem ace., flower), Prairial (prairie, meadow) ; FOR SUMMER : Messidor (messis, harvest ; düpo, gift), Thermidor Oëpun, heat; düpoy, gift), Fructidor (fructus, fruit).

‘The month was divided into 3 ‘“décades” of 10 days each. The days were called primidi, duodi, tridi, quartidi, quintidi, sextidi, septidi, octidi, nonidi, decadi.

Lalande and Fabre d’Eglantine composed this calendar, Romme caused it to be adopted.

PRINCIPAL DATES OF THE REPUBLICAN CALENDAR, WITH THE CORRESPONDING DATES OF THE GREGORIAN,

9 and 10 Thermidor, An IT (July 27 and 28, 1794), a reaction sets in against Robespierre, who is guillotined on the 1roth, with some of his sanguinary supporters, and the Reign of Terror comes to ar end ; the leaders and supporters of this movement are called ‘Thermidoriens.”?

12 Germinal, An IIT (April 1, 1705), a rising of the suburbs of Paris against the National Convention takes place; the people ask for bread and a return to the Constitution of 1793 (a very Democratic one, never completely carried out) ; they are dispersed by the military.

1er Prairial, An IIT (May 20, 1795), a supreme but vain effort of the Jacobins (extreme Democrats) against what is called ‘‘ La réaction thermidorienne ”’ (Moderate Republicans and Royalists).

13 Vendémiaire, An IV (October 5, 1795), an insurrection of Moderate Republicans and KRoyalists takes place against the Assembly called ‘Convention Nationale ;” it is quashed by Napoleon Bonaparte, commanding under Barras. ;

18 Fructidor, An V (September 4, 1797), a ‘coup d’Etat ” is executed by three members of the Directoire, Barras, La Reveillère- Lepeaux, and Rewbell, against the ‘‘ Conseils des Anciens et des Cinq-Cents,”’ whom they accused of royalist tendencies,

30 Prairia, An VII (June 18, 1799), a reconstitution of the