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Fructidor, Days, Months, Holidays, And Festivals
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Fructidor[fruk´tidOr, Fr. frUktEdOr´] Pronunciation Key, 12th month of the French Revolutionary calendar. The coup of 18 Fructidor (Sept. 4, 1797), in which General Augereau was a key figure, annulled the previous elections and removed Lazare Carnot and FranCois de BarthElemy from the Directory. The coup was directed against those who wished to restore a constitutional monarchy.
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