The French revolution was a great thing, a grand achievement. The Republican Calendar looks fun, but in Republican France you only got one day off in ten (a very, very bourgeois revolution). Still, living there and through those days your months would have been:
Autumn:
Vendémiaire in French (the month of grape harvest), starting 22, 23 or 24 September
Brumaire (the month of fog), starting 22, 23 or 24 October
Frimaire (the month of frost), starting 21, 22 or 23 November
Winter:
Nivôse (the month of snow), starting 21, 22 or 23 December
Pluviôse (the month of rain), starting 20, 21 or 22 January
Ventôse (the month of wind), starting 19, 20 or 21 February
Spring:
Germinal (the month of blooming), starting 20 or 21 March
Floréal (the month of flowers), starting 20 or 21 April
Prairial (the month of grass), starting 20 or 21 May
Summer:
Messidor (the month of harvest), starting 19 or 20 June
Thermidor (the month of heat), starting 19 or 20 July
Fructidor (the month of fruitfulness), starting 18 or 19 August
The rest of the year is made up by the Sansculottides, which happened in mid-September (as we would know it), and were national holidays.
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