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    so the month was named Ventose instead of Ventôse. Historiography still prefers the spelling Ventôse. Like all FRC months Ventôse lasted 30 days and was...
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    construction time. Ventôse was launched on 14 March 1992 and commissioned into the French Navy on 5 May 1993. Following sea trials, Ventôse sailed for Arsenal...
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    colonies, and Vandermaesen was chosen to second him. He embarked at Brest on 15 ventôse an XI (6 March 1803), bound for Pondicherry, but with another war with...
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  • example, the names of the third month of Winter, Súlímë, Gwaeron, and Ventôse, all mean 'Windy'. C. S. Lewis's 1945 novel That Hideous Strength makes...
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    France. The six French ships of the class, Floréal, Prairial, Nivôse, Ventôse, Vendémiaire and Germinal, remain in active service. The ships' main armament...
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    (8 and 13 Ventôse), Saint-Just proposed decrees to confiscate the property of exiles and opponents of the revolution, known as the Ventôse Decrees. In...
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    started March 21 or March 22, and ended April 19 or April 20. It follows Ventôse and precedes Floréal. In the context of the French Revolution, Germinal...
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    Ventôse was one of 18 Pluviôse-class submarines built for the French Navy (Marine Nationale) in the first decade of the 20th century. The Pluviôse class...
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    'Olive's Green', 'Robinson's Gold', 'Rostrevor', 'Silver Dust', 'Variegata', 'Ventose', and 'Winter Sun'. The plant's rapid growth and great potential height...
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    ones and Valtelline in the following months: Benaco (Desenzano) on 11 Ventose (1 March 1798), Mella (Brescia) on 13 Floreal (2 May), Mincio (Mantua)...
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    ending between the 18th and 20 February. It follows Nivôse and precedes Ventôse. On October 24, 1793 Fabre d'Églantine suggested new names for the French...
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  • Navy (probably the BATRAL Francis Garnier or Champlain, and the frigate Ventôse) and a 20-person team of emergency medical specialists. The non-governmental...
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    recapture Malta from the French 1801 8 March (17 Ventôse year IX) – British landing near Aboukir 21 March (30 Ventôse year IX) – Battle of Alexandria, French defeat...
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    pluvieux, derived from Latin pluvius 'rainy'), starting 20, 21, or 22 January Ventôse (from French venteux, derived from Latin ventosus 'windy'), starting 19...
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    ISSN 0317-1671. PMID 17352344. Lemaire, Jean-François (2003). "The Law of 19 Ventôse, year 21 (10 March 1803): fundamental text and provisional expedient"....
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    Louis Lafitte (November 15, 1770 in Paris – August 3, 1828 in Paris) was a French painter, designer, illustrator and muralist. He was the son of a master...
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    française. Loi portant que l'armée française a bien mérité de la patrie. Du 15 ventose, an 6. de la République française une et indivisible... (Signé : Merlin...
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    vessels are based in Martinique, including: the surveillance frigates Ventôse and Germinal, the patrol and support ship Dumont d'Urville, the Confiance-class...
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    units. C.A. Prieur (of the Côte-d'Or), read at the National Convention on Ventôse 11, year III (March 1, 1795): 1) As it does not offer almost all of the...
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    square itself was proclaimed "Square of the People" by a decree of the 30 Ventôse An IV (1795) and a "Liberty tree" was planted on that occasion. At the...
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    hundred people. The final mass drownings took place on 27 February 1794 (9 Ventôse, Year II). According to official documents read to the National Convention...
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    Having completed this work, Goujon resigned from the Commission on 2 Ventôse (20 February 1794). Soon after, he was assigned to a diplomatic mission...
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  • were then redistributed to other committees. Recalled by the degree of 2 ventôse an III (20 February 1795), he was replaced by Julien-François Palasne de...
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    provisioning of Paris. He presented the report supporting the decree of 3 Ventôse of the year III (February 1795), which established freedom of religion...
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    conciliatory. The Convention voted 10 million livres for relief, on 3 Ventôse, Barère presented a new general Maximum, and on the 8th Saint-Just obtained...
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  • equinox: Autumn: Vendémiaire Brumaire Frimaire Winter: Nivôse Pluviôse Ventôse Spring: Germinal Floréal Prairial Summer: Messidor Thermidor Fructidor...
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    Saint-Pol-de-Léon, Moustoir-Ac, Pont-Scorff and Rochefort-en-Terre. On Ventôse 24, Year XII (March 14, 1804), the Morbihan Agricultural Society requested...
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    in France, but the universities remain de facto until the new law of 7 ventôse year III (25 February 1795) creating the Écoles centrales. In accordance...
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  • française, Librairie Letouzey et Ané, 1936, tome II, p. 946. Les Préfets du 11 ventôse an VIII au 4 septembre 1870, Archives nationales, 1981. André d’Arbelles...
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  • French Republic abolishes slavery. 15 February – Modern arrangement of Flag of France adopted. 26 February – Ventôse Decrees, proposed to confiscate the...
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