Brumaire is the name of the second month in the French Revolutionary Calendar. It was established in France by a decree of the National Convention on 5 October in the year II, completed with regard to nomenclature by Fabre d'Églantine, and promulgated in its new form on 4 Frimaire in the year II (24 November 1793). The month of Brumaire began on the day which corresponded, according to the year, to October 22 or to October 23 of the Gregorian calendar, and ended on November 20 or November 21. It was divided into decades like the other months of the republican calendar. Its name alludes to the fogs and mists (brumes in French) which occur frequently at that time of the year. The French Revolutionary Calendar or French Republican Calendar is a calendar proposed during the French Revolution, and in use by the French government for 13 years from 1793. ... This article is about a legislative body and constitutional convention during the French Revolution. ... Jump to: navigation, search October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in Leap years). ... 1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Fabre dÉglantine Philippe François Nazaire Fabre dÉglantine, commonly known as Fabre dÉglantine (28 July 1750 - 5 April 1794), was a French dramatist and revolutionary. ... Jump to: navigation, search November 24 is the 328th day (329th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 70 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 69 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Gregorian calendar is the calendar that is used nowadays nearly everywhere in the world. ... Jump to: navigation, search November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

In political/historical usage, Brumaire often refers to the coup d'état of 18 Brumaire in the year VIII (9 November 1799), by which General Napoleon Bonaparte overthrew the government of the Directory to replace it by the Consulate. Jump to: navigation, search A coup détat (pronounced /ku de ta/), or simply a coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government, usually done by a small group that just replaces the top power figures. ... Napoléon Bonaparte in the coup détat of 18 brumaire. ... Jump to: navigation, search November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 52 days remaining. ... 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Napoleon I of France, by Jacques-Louis David. ... Executive Directory (in French Directoire exécutif), commonly known as the Directory (or Directoire) held executive power in France from 2 November 1795 until 10 November 1799: from the end of the Convention to the beginning of the Consulate. ... The Consulate marks a period of French constitutional history between 1799 and 1804 - from the fall of the Directory and the First French Republic to the start of the Napoleonic Empire. ...

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