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<h4 class="card-title">What is this?</h4>
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<h4 class="card-title">What is this?</h4>
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<p class="lead">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Republican_calendar">French Republican
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<p class="lead">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Republican_calendar">French Republican
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calendar</a> was a calendar created and implemented during the French Revolution.</p>
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calendar</a> was a calendar created and implemented during the French Revolution.</p>
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<p>It was also frequently known as the <em>French Republican Calendar</em>, but this was a misnomer: year 1
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<p>It is also frequently referred to as the <em>French Republican Calendar</em>, but this is a misnomer:
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of the calendar started on 22 September 1792, the day after the
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year 1 of the calendar started on 22 September 1792, the day after the
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proclamation_of_the_abolition_of_the_monarchy">abolition of the
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proclamation_of_the_abolition_of_the_monarchy">abolition of the
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monarchy</a> and the founding of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_First_Republic">French
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monarchy</a> and the founding of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_First_Republic">French
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First Republic</a>.</p>
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First Republic</a>.</p>
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with respect to the seasons.</p>
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with respect to the seasons.</p>
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<p>The 12 months are: <em>Vendémiaire</em>, <em>Brumaire</em>, <em>Frimaire</em>, <em>Nivôse</em>, <em>Pluviôse</em>,
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<p>The 12 months are: <em>Vendémiaire</em>, <em>Brumaire</em>, <em>Frimaire</em>, <em>Nivôse</em>, <em>Pluviôse</em>,
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<em>Ventôse</em>, <em>Germinal</em>, <em>Floréal</em>, <em>Prairial</em>, <em>Messidor</em>, <em>Thermidor</em>,
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<em>Ventôse</em>, <em>Germinal</em>, <em>Floréal</em>, <em>Prairial</em>, <em>Messidor</em>, <em>Thermidor</em>,
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<em>Fructidor.</em></p>
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<em>Fructidor.</em> Every three months represent a season, and the endings of the names reflect this
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fact.</p>
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<p>The complementary days are: <em>la Fête de la Vertu</em>, <em>la Fête du Génie</em>, <em>la Fête du
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<p>The complementary days are: <em>la Fête de la Vertu</em>, <em>la Fête du Génie</em>, <em>la Fête du
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Travail</em>, <em>la Fête de l'Opinion</em>, <em>la Fête des Récompenses,</em> and <em>la Fête de la
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Travail</em>, <em>la Fête de l'Opinion</em>, <em>la Fête des Récompenses,</em> and <em>la Fête de la
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Révolution</em> (leap years only).</p>
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Révolution</em> (leap years only).</p>
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inaccuracies when the equinox occurs very close to midnight.</p>
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inaccuracies when the equinox occurs very close to midnight.</p>
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<p>Those are the names of the days in the
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Republican_calendar#Rural_calendar">rural version of the
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calendar</a>. This was intended to replace the Catholic Church's calendar of saints, as the French
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Revolution wanted to reduce the influence of the church. Every day of the year has a unique name
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associated with the rural economy and these names are supposed to correspond with the season.</p>
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<p>Every <em>quintidi</em>is named after an animal, every <em>décadi</em> is named after an agricultural
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tool, and the remaining days are named after various plants or produce. The only exception is the winter
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month of Nivôse, which has the remaining days named after minerals.</p>
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<h4 class="card-title">What are those numbers below the Gregorian date?</h4>
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<h4 class="card-title">What are those numbers below the Gregorian date?</h4>
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