French Republican Calendar

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/French_Republican_Calendar
GPTKB entity
Statements (60)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:event
gptkbp:abolished gptkb:Napoleon_Bonaparte
1 January 1806
gptkbp:additionalDaysName gptkb:Sansculottides
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:French_Revolutionary_Calendar
gptkbp:calendar solar calendar
gptkbp:compatibleWith religious purposes
gptkbp:dayOfWeek gptkb:Décadi
gptkb:Duodi
gptkb:Octidi
gptkb:Primidi
gptkb:Quartidi
gptkb:Quintidi
gptkb:Septidi
gptkb:Sextidi
gptkb:Tridi
Nonidi
décade
gptkbp:decimalTime day divided into 10 hours
hour divided into 100 minutes
minute divided into 100 seconds
gptkbp:documentation gptkb:Decree_of_5_October_1793
gptkbp:firstDayOfYear gptkb:autumnal_equinox
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label French Republican Calendar
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Soviet_Revolutionary_Calendar
gptkbp:influencedBy Enlightenment ideals
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:French_National_Convention
gptkbp:introducedIn 24 October 1793
gptkbp:monthHeld 12
gptkbp:monthNames gptkb:Thermidor
gptkb:Germinal
gptkb:Fructidor
gptkb:Floréal
gptkb:Nivôse
gptkb:Prairial
gptkb:Vendémiaire
gptkb:Ventôse
gptkb:Messidor
gptkb:Brumaire
gptkb:Frimaire
gptkb:Pluviôse
gptkbp:notableFeature decimal time
gptkbp:numberOfDays 30
5
6
gptkbp:purpose remove religious and royalist influences from the calendar
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:French_Revolution
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Gregorian_calendar
gptkbp:startYear 22 September
gptkbp:usedAs 1793
gptkbp:usedFor civil purposes
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:France
gptkbp:usedUntil 1805
gptkbp:weekLength 10
gptkbp:yearNamedAfter gptkb:autumnal_equinox
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Fructidor
gptkb:French_National_Convention
gptkb:Coup_of_18_Brumaire
gptkb:Frimaire
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6