French revolutionary calendar week4/7/2024 From the 16th of Floral to the 3rd of Prairal in. For a glorious eighteen days, the Paris Commune resurrected the quixotic calendar of their revolutionary forebearers from a century before. One thing, however, remains from the Republic’s decimal efforts: the metric system. The last time clocks were set and calendars hung according to the French Republican Calendar was some 147 years ago this month. Today, its abolishment is one of the emperor’s lesser known conquests. By January 1, 1806, which otherwise would’ve been known as the 11th day of Nivôse, Napolean had reinstated the Gregorian calendar. The Revolutionary Calendar lasted until shortly after the French Revolution ended, at Napolean’s coronation on December 2, 1804. The days of the week received names aligning with the number of the day: The end of the year was Fructidor which had 5 supplementary days to make the total. Jour de la revolution (Day of the revolution) And it had a ten day week: primidi (first day), duodi (second day), tridi (third day), quartidi (fourth day etc.), quintidi, sextidi, septidi, octidi, nonidi and dcadi. Fete des recompenses (Celebration of rewards)Ħ. Fete de l’opinion (Celebration of opinion)ĥ. Fete de la vertu (Celebration of virtue)ģ. The twelve thirty-day months left five extra days at the end of the year, or six in leap years. The months were renamed to align with aspects of the seasons: When the Republic was proclaimed on September 22, 1792, it was decided that that day would mark the beginning of Year 1 of the French Republic. This image is titled “Mort de Louis XVI, le 21 janvier 1793 Place de la Concorde – on voit à gauche le socle de la statue de Louis XV déboulonnée.” Image accessed from the Library of Congress. The Guillotine takes on Louis XVI during the French Revolution.
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