Brumaire () was the second month in the
French Republican calendar. The month was named after the French 'fog', which occurs frequently in France at that time of the year.
Brumaire was the second month of the autumn quarter (''mois d'automne''). It started between 22 October and 24 October, ending between 20 November and 22 November. It follows
Vendémiaire and precedes
Frimaire.
In political/historical usage, Brumaire can refer to the
coup of 18 Brumaire in the year VIII (9 November 1799), by which General
Napoleon Bonaparte overthrew the government of the
Directory to replace it with the
Consulate, as referenced by
Karl Marx in his pamphlet, ''
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte'', in which Marx parallels Napoleon's original coup with the later
1851 Coup of his nephew,
Louis-Napoleon.
Day name table
Like all FRC months Brumaire 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
Autumn Quarter of Year II (facsimile)
{{Revolutionary calendar months
French Republican calendar months
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November
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