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Definition of Messidor
1. Noun. Tenth month of the Revolutionary calendar (June and July); the month of harvest.
Definition of Messidor
1. n. The tenth month of the French republican calendar dating from September 22, 1792. It began June 19, and ended July 18. See VendÉmiaire.
Definition of Messidor
1. Proper noun. (historical) The tenth month of the French Republican Calendar, from June 20 or 21 to July 19 or 20. ¹
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Literary usage of Messidor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the French Revolution by Adolphe Thiers, Frederic Shoberl, John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress) (1844)
"Jt was the 5th of messidor (June 23). Villaret, keeping pace with the .Alexandre,
which was a bad sailer, lost irreparable time in manoeuvring. ..."
2. Robespierre and the Red Terror by Jan ten Brink (1899)
"XXI THE LAST DAYS OF messidor AN II ... had to defend himself on July 1 (26
messidor) at the meeting of the Jacobins; he did not put in an appearance, ..."
3. The Principal Speeches of the Statesmen and Orators of the French Revolution by Henry Morse Stephens (1892)
"REPORT ON THK PETITIONS PRESENTED AGAINST JOSEPH LE BON (21 messidor Year II—9
July 1794). Os the same day on which Barère presented his report on the ..."
4. Memoirs of Marmontel, Written by Himself: Containing His Literary and by Jean François Marmontel (1807)
"»IM! which it presented on the 5th of messidor, ¡n the year 3, two legislative
councils and an executive directory composed the corps to which ..."
5. The French Revolution: A Political History, 1789-1804 by François-Alphonse Aulard (1910)
"Interior:1 1 2th of Brumaire of the year IV, B^ne- zech ; 28th of messidor of
the year V, Francois (of Neufchateau) ; 28th of Fructidor of the year V, ..."
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