Why is Napoleon's coup called "Fog Moon Coup"?

Napoleon's coup took place on165438+1October 9, which was a foggy month in the French calendar at that time, so it was called "foggy month coup". Similarly, there are hot month coups, pastoral month uprisings, Portuguese month riots and so on.

These names come from the calendars that were used in the French Revolution. 1793, 10 year10.5, the national assembly decided to abolish the Christian Gregorian calendar and adopt the revolutionary calendar, namely * * * and calendar. * * * and the calendar take the date when the first French Republic of * * * was founded (1September 22nd, 792) as the epoch. All the year round, 12 months, 30 days per month, every 10 day is the 10 day, and every 10 day is the rest day. The other five days except1February (6 days in leap year, including 1796, 1800 and 1804) are called "pants-free days" ... quite a strange name.

10 year1October 24th According to the proposal of P.N.F fabrice Degranding, * * * and Calendar borrowed the poetic name imagined by the author of a pamphlet at that time, and designated1February as Portuguese month, foggy month, frosty month, snowy month, rainy month, windy month and so on. The names of saints attached to the Gregorian calendar date are replaced by the names of seeds, trees, flowers and fruits. Hot Moon Coup, Bud Moon Uprising, Pastoral Month Uprising, Portuguese Month Uprising, Fruit Month Coup, Flower Month Coup, Fog Month Coup, Pastoral Month Imperial Seal, Romantic Month Imperial Seal, etc. In the French Revolution, months were named after calendars. From the New Year's Day of 1806, Napoleon I's regime resumed the Gregorian calendar and officially abolished * * * and the calendar. These names entered history.

* * * and calendar compared with Gregorian calendar.

Vendemaire (wine) September 22nd-101October 2nd1

Fog Moon (Fog) 65438+1October 22nd-165438+1October 20th.

Frosty Moon Frimaire165438+10.021-65438+February 20th.

Snowy moon nivose (snow) 65438+February 21-65438+1October 19.

Rainy Moon Rain (Rain) 65438+1October 20th-February 18

Romantic Adventure (Wind) 09 February 65438+March 20th

Germination (pudding) March 21-April 19

Floreal (Flowers) April 20th to May 19

Prairie (grassland) from May 20th to June 18

Harvest season (June 65438, 2009 to July 65438, 2008)

Hot month Thermor (hot) July19-August 17

Fruit (Fruit) August 2008 65438+September 2 1