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    Ventôse (French pronunciation: [vɑ̃toz]; also Ventose) was the sixth month in the French Republican Calendar. The month was named after the Latin word...
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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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    and 22 January, and ending between the 18th and 20 February. It follows Nivôse and precedes Ventôse. On October 24, 1793 Fabre d'Églantine suggested...
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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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    controlled the Convention. In these circumstances, on the first day of Ventôse in Year II of the Revolution (19 February 1794), Saint-Just was elected...
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    pluvius 'rainy'), starting 20, 21, or 22 January Ventôse (from French venteux, derived from Latin ventosus 'windy'), starting 19, 20, or 21 February Spring:...
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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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    printemps). It 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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    Jessaint was appointed prefect of the Marne department at some point between 20 Ventôse (11 March) and 24 Germinal (14 April) in Year VIII (1800). The prefect...
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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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