French Republican Calendar

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calendar system historical calendar

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.

Statements (66)

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	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	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 →
replacedBy	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 →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
French National Convention → National Convention →	adopted
Thermidorian Reaction →	calendar
Constitution of the Year VIII →	calendarReference
Directory →	usedCalendar