French Republican Calendar facts for kids
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.
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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
