French Republican calendar

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:event
gptkbp:abolished gptkb:Napoleon_Bonaparte
1805-01-01
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:French_Revolutionary_calendar
gptkbp:complementaryDaysName gptkb:Sansculottides
gptkbp:dayOfWeek décade
gptkbp:decimalTime day divided into 10 hours
hour divided into 100 minutes
minute divided into 100 seconds
gptkbp:extraDays 5 or 6 complementary days
gptkbp:firstDayOfYear gptkb:1_Vendémiaire
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label French Republican calendar
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Positivist_calendar
gptkb:Soviet_Revolutionary_calendar
gptkbp:influencedBy Enlightenment ideals
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:French_National_Convention
gptkbp:introducedIn 1793-10-24
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
30 days
gptkbp:notableEvent used during the Consulate
used during the French Directory
used during the Reign of Terror
used during the early First French Empire
gptkbp:notableFeature decimal time
months named after seasonal features
gptkbp:notableUser gptkb:French_government
gptkb:French_military
French scientific community
gptkbp:purpose remove religious and royalist influences from the calendar
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:French_Revolution
gptkb:metric_system
secularism in France
gptkbp:releaseDate gptkb:Year_I
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Gregorian_calendar
gptkbp:startYear gptkb:autumnal_equinox
gptkbp:usedAs 1793
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:France
gptkbp:usedUntil 1805
gptkbp:weekLength 10 days
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:event
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4