Vendémiaire
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Vendémiaire
< French, equivalent to vendémi- (< Latin vindēmia vintage) + -aire -ary
Example Sentences
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Holland completely conquered by the French; insurrection in Paris by the bourgeois against the Convention; the Constitution of the year 111 adopted; Bonaparte crushes the insurrection of Vendémiaire; government of the Directory.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 by Various
The Paris mob, for example, made a similar blunder on the 13th Vendémiaire, when Bonaparte settled matters by the famous whiff of grape-shot.
From George Washington, Volume II by Lodge, Henry Cabot
This led to the revolt of the Thirteenth Vendémiaire, and afterwards to the coup d'état of the Eighteenth Fructidor.
From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre by Morley, John
The secret had been carefully guarded, and already, on all sides, the French armies were threatening the enemy, when, on the 1st Vendémiaire, the emperor opened the session of the Senate.
From World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France by Guizot, M. (François)
On the 1st Vendémiaire, the convention proclaimed the acceptance of the decrees by the greater number of the primary assemblies of France.
From History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 by Mignet, M. (François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis)
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