French Republican Calendar

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The French Republican Calendar was a decimal-based calendar system introduced during the French Revolution to replace the Gregorian calendar and symbolically break from the monarchy and the Church.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf calendar system
historical calendar
abolishedInYear 1806
additionalDaysLeapYear 6
additionalDaysPerYear 5
associatedWith de-Christianization in France
countryOfOrigin France
dayName1 primidi
dayName10 décadi
dayName2 duodi
dayName3 tridi
dayName4 quartidi
dayName5 quintidi
dayName6 sextidi
dayName7 septidi
dayName8 octidi
dayName9 nonidi
dayNamesPerDécade 10
daysPerMonth 30
designedBy Gilbert Romme
surface form: Charles-Gilbert Romme

Fabre d’Églantine
Philippe-François-Nazaire Fabre d’Églantine
endDateOfficialUse 1806-01-01
epochEvent proclamation of the French Republic
follows French Revolution
hoursPerDayDecimalTime 10
ideology rationalism
republicanism
secularism
introducedBy National Convention
introducedInYear 1793
languageOfNames French
leapYearRuleProposedBy Gilbert Romme
leapYearSpecialDaysCount 6
minutesPerHourDecimalTime 100
monthName1 Vendémiaire
monthName10 Messidor
monthName11 Thermidor
monthName12 Fructidor
monthName2 Coup of 18 Brumaire
surface form: Brumaire
monthName3 Frimaire
monthName4 Nivôse
monthName5 Pluviôse
monthName6 Ventôse
monthName7 Germinal
monthName8 Floréal
monthName9 Prairial
monthsPerYear 12
numberOfMonths 12
purpose to break with the Catholic Church
to break with the monarchy
replaced Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
surface form: Gregorian calendar
replacedBy Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
surface form: Gregorian calendar
secondsPerMinuteDecimalTime 100
specialDaysCount 5
specialDaysName Sansculottides
startDateOfficialUse 1793-10-05
startDateYearI 1792-09-22
status no longer in official use
structure decimal
themeOfDayNames plants, animals, tools, and minerals
themeOfMonthNames seasons and agricultural cycles
timeNotation decimal time (proposed)
usedIn French First Republic
weekLength 10 days
weekName décade

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National Convention adopted French Republican Calendar
Directory usedCalendar French Republican Calendar
Thermidorian Reaction calendar French Republican Calendar
Constitution of the Year VIII calendarReference French Republican Calendar
French National Convention adopted French Republican Calendar
Coup of 18 Fructidor usedCalendar French Republican Calendar
Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII calendarSystemUsed French Republican Calendar
Coup of 22 Floréal Year VI calendar French Republican Calendar
Year VIII partOf French Republican Calendar
Pluviôse partOf French Republican Calendar
Vendémiaire partOf French Republican Calendar
Vendémiaire introducedInCalendarReform French Republican Calendar
this entity surface form: French Republican Calendar reform of 1793
Frimaire partOf French Republican Calendar
Nivôse calendar French Republican Calendar
Ventôse partOf French Republican Calendar
Ventôse repealedWith French Republican Calendar
Germinal partOf French Republican Calendar
Messidor partOf French Republican Calendar
Thermidor partOf French Republican Calendar
Sansculottides appliesToCalendar French Republican Calendar
Fabre d’Églantine associatedWith French Republican Calendar
Prairial partOf French Republican Calendar
Floréal partOf French Republican Calendar
Fructidor isFinalMonthOf French Republican Calendar
Fructidor isPartOf French Republican Calendar
Fructidor calendarType French Republican Calendar
Gilbert Romme notableWork French Republican Calendar