It was readopted around 1871, before being abolished yet again. The French Republican calendar was adopted by a decree of La Convention Nationale on Gregorian date Octoand went into effect the following November 24th, on which day Fabre d'glantine proposed to the Convention the names for the months. It was used in France from October 24, 1793, until January 1, 1806, when it was abolished. The French Revolution was a watershed event in modern European history that began in 1789 and ended in the late 1790s with the ascent of Napoleon Bonaparte. All opinions contained on this site are mine and do not represent the opinions of my employers, family, friends or pet dinosaurs. The French Revolutionary calendar was also called the French republican calendar. Send me an e-mail: updated February 16 th 2011. Hence the two calculators will sometimes give results a day apart. It used the astronomical system for determining leap years that was actually used.ДЄs a consequence of the two different systems, there were leap years in years III, VII and XI which is reflected in this calculator, whilst in the calculator above the leap years fall in years IV, VIII, XII, XVI, etc. Its effects can still be felt today whenever the French Revolution is. This second calculator will convert revolutionary dates for years I to XIV (the years the calendar was actually in use) into the Gregorian calendar. The Republican calendar, in contrast, aimed to create a new collective memory. It is based on the mathematical calculation of leap years proposed in 1795 but never used.

It will convert Gregorian dates after September 22nd 1792, the official start of the calendar, into the revolutionary calendar. For events closer related to the Revolution see the Timeline of the French Revolution 1789-1799. The calculator below is an expanded version of a script which I developed for The Voice of the Turtle. If these timelines of the French Revolutionary Wars are too detailed, check the French Revolutionary Wars - Key Events, which are a summary of the years 1792-1802. French Revolutionary Calendar on Wikipedia. From 1793-1805 France used a different calendar from the rest of the world, until Napoleon abolished it and returned France to the Gregorian Calendar for the start of 1806.

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