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