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The Calendar of Reason / French Revolutionary Calendar / Republican
Calendar started from 22 September 1792 (Gregorian calendar, the calendar
that is currently in use). Note that the Republican calendar was not, in fact,
introduced until 24 November 1793. It was abolished on 31 December 1805 by
the new Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, but was used again during the Paris Commune
in 1871. how the republican calendar worked
The months were called:
The days in each décade were called The five additional days - the jours complémentaires - came after the end of Fructidor. They were called:
For the leap year, there was also:
Further, each day of the year had its own name, being named after an animal, fruit, vegetable or farm implement. Children were meant to be given the name of the day on which they were born. The first day of the Revolutionary Calendar was 1 Vendémaire of year 1 of the Republic (remember, that is 22 September 1792 in the Gregorian calendar). Leap years were a particular problem to determine because there were two sometimes contradictory rules to obey:
During the time that the Revolutionary Calendar existed, the leap years were
in years 3, 7 and 11. converting a date in the Republican Calendar into a date in the Gregorian Calendar The Republican Calendar only ran for a bit over 14 years. The easiest way to convert dates is to use the following list of when each Republican Year started:
The Republican months were approximately equivalent to the Gregorian months as follows:
the origin and sources of the republican calendar Based on the calendar of the ancient Egyptians (still used by Eastern Orthodox churches), this calendar was designed to make a complete break with both the French aristocracy and their institutions, and also with the Catholic Church and its institutions, including the Gregorian calendar. The Gregorian Calendar had been introduced by Pope Gregory, and adopted by France in 1752. The start date of 22 September 1792 for the Republican Calendar was not only the autumn equinox for that year, but also marked the start of the new French Republic and the beginning of equality for all Frenchmen. The calendar was developed by a sub-committee of the Committee of Public Instruction. Appointed in 1792, the subcommittee was composed of astronomers, mathematicians, poets and dramatists. By September 1793, the subcommittee published its results. The British, being less poetic the the French Revolutionaries, renamed
the new month names to be Wheezy, Sneezy, Freezy, Slippy, Drippy, Nippy, Showery,
Flowery, Bowery, Wheaty, Heaty and Sweety. other reforms for time and measurement As well as reforming the calendar to be logical and secular, the Revolutionaries also tidied up time measurement and lengths and weights. For time, they introduced a new clock, with a day divided into ten hours, each with a hundred minutes, made up of a hundred seconds. This provided for 100,000 seconds during a day. For weights and lengths, the Revolutionaries introduced the metric system, metres and kilograms. The metric system is now used almost throughout the world, with the exception of the USA and the United Kingdom, which still use at least some of the Imperial measurement system. end notes
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