French Republican Calendar/Y8

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• French Republican calendar — Calendar Cal en*dar, n. [OE. kalender, calender, fr. L. kalendarium an interest or account book (cf. F. calendrier, OF. calendier) fr. L. calendue, kalendae, calends. See {Calends}.] 1. An orderly arrangement of the division of time, adapted to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• French Republican Calendar — History of France series French Revolution Causes Estates General National Assembly Storming of the Bastille National …   Wikipedia

• French republican calendar — Dating system adopted in 1793 during the French Revolution. It sought to replace the Gregorian calendar with a scientific and rational system that avoided Christian associations. The 12 months each contained three décades (instead of weeks) of 10 …   Universalium

• French Republican Calendar/RommeSystem — Leap years after XVI are calculated according to the rule of the Romme Committee, because the original system cannot be applied to the years after XVIII because the articles III and X of the decree are incompatible. [Criticism and shortcomings of …   Wikipedia

• French Republican Calendar — n. Revolutionary calendar, calendar adopted by the French in 1793 during the French Revolution and given up in 1805, calendar which had 12 months of 30 days and each month comprised of three 10 day weeks (the months were given names that hinted… …   English contemporary dictionary

• Germinal (French Republican Calendar) — Germinal was the seventh month in the French Republican Calendar. The month was named after the Latin word germen , which means germination Germinal was the first month of the spring quarter ( mois de printemps ). It started March 21 or March 22 …   Wikipedia

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