Fructidor ('fruit-month') was the name in the French republican calendar for the period 18th August-16th September (see CALENDAR). On the 18th Fructidor of the year 5 (4th September 1797) there was a coup d'état by the Directory.
Fructidor
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 18
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