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
232 |
Floréal |
CCXXXII |
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Primidi |
Duodi |
Tridi |
Quartidi |
Quintidi |
Sextidi |
Septidi |
Octidi |
Nonidi |
Décadi |
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décade 22 |
1 |
Friday
19 April 2024 |
2 |
Saturday
20 April 2024 |
3 |
Sunday
21 April 2024 |
4 |
Monday
22 April 2024 |
5 |
Tuesday
23 April 2024 |
6 |
Wednesday
24 April 2024 |
7 |
Thursday
25 April 2024 |
8 |
Friday
26 April 2024 |
9 |
Saturday
27 April 2024 |
10 |
Sunday
28 April 2024 |
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décade 23 |
11 |
Monday
29 April 2024 |
12 |
Tuesday
30 April 2024 |
13 |
Wednesday
1 May 2024 |
14 |
Thursday
2 May 2024 |
15 |
Friday
3 May 2024 |
16 |
Saturday
4 May 2024 |
17 |
Sunday
5 May 2024 |
18 |
Monday
6 May 2024 |
19 |
Tuesday
7 May 2024 |
20 |
Wednesday
8 May 2024 |
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décade 24 |
21 |
Thursday
9 May 2024 |
22 |
Friday
10 May 2024 |
23 |
Saturday
11 May 2024 |
24 |
Sunday
12 May 2024 |
25 |
Monday
13 May 2024 |
26 |
Tuesday
14 May 2024 |
27 |
Wednesday
15 May 2024 |
28 |
Thursday
16 May 2024 |
29 |
Friday
17 May 2024 |
30 |
Saturday
18 May 2024 |
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10 h |
Paris |
0h07m89s |
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20:02:01 |
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