The French Republican calendar (French: calendrier républicain français), also known as the French Revolutionary calendar (calendrier révolutionnaire français), was a calendar. It was used by the French government for about 12 years from late 1793 to 1805. The Paris Commune also used the calendar in 1871. The calendar was made in part to remove all religious and royalist influences from the calendar. It was also an attempt to make the time decimal.
Current date and time
233 |
Germinal |
CCXXXIII |
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Primidi |
Duodi |
Tridi |
Quartidi |
Quintidi |
Sextidi |
Septidi |
Octidi |
Nonidi |
Décadi |
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décade 19 |
1 |
Friday
21 March 2025 |
2 |
Saturday
22 March 2025 |
3 |
Sunday
23 March 2025 |
4 |
Monday
24 March 2025 |
5 |
Tuesday
25 March 2025 |
6 |
Wednesday
26 March 2025 |
7 |
Thursday
27 March 2025 |
8 |
Friday
28 March 2025 |
9 |
Saturday
29 March 2025 |
10 |
Sunday
30 March 2025 |
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décade 20 |
11 |
Monday
31 March 2025 |
12 |
Tuesday
1 April 2025 |
13 |
Wednesday
2 April 2025 |
14 |
Thursday
3 April 2025 |
15 |
Friday
4 April 2025 |
16 |
Saturday
5 April 2025 |
17 |
Sunday
6 April 2025 |
18 |
Monday
7 April 2025 |
19 |
Tuesday
8 April 2025 |
20 |
Wednesday
9 April 2025 |
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décade 21 |
21 |
Thursday
10 April 2025 |
22 |
Friday
11 April 2025 |
23 |
Saturday
12 April 2025 |
24 |
Sunday
13 April 2025 |
25 |
Monday
14 April 2025 |
26 |
Tuesday
15 April 2025 |
27 |
Wednesday
16 April 2025 |
28 |
Thursday
17 April 2025 |
29 |
Friday
18 April 2025 |
30 |
Saturday
19 April 2025 |
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10 h |
Paris |
9h00m05s |
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17:26:44 |
24 h |
Greenwich |
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Images for kids
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French Republican Calendar of 1794, drawn by Philibert-Louis Debucourt
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A copy of the French Republican Calendar in the Historical Museum of Lausanne
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1 Floréal, Year 79 issue of The Son of Père Duchêne, a newspaper published during the Paris Commune.
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L AN 2 DE LA REPUBLIQUE FR (Year 2 of the French Republic) on a barn near Geneva
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French Revolutionary pocket watch showing ten-day décade names and thirty-day month numbers from the Republican Calendar, but with duodecimal time. On display at the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire (Neuchâtel) In Switzerland.
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Fountain in Octon, Hérault with date 5 Ventôse an 109 (24 February 1901)
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Clock dial displaying both decimal and duodecimal time
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Clock dial displaying both decimal (inside the circle) and duodecimal time (on the outer rim)
See also
In Spanish: Calendario republicano francés para niños