-
Vendémiaire -
Brumaire -
Frimaire -
Nivôse -
Pluviôse -
Ventôse -
Germinal -
Floréal -
Prairial -
Messidor -
Thermidor -
Fructidor
| This is a Wikipedia user page. This is definitely not an encyclopedia article. The texts have been harvested from across enWP, but their selection owes more to serendipity than scholarship, and their arrangement aims at quirkiness rather than completeness. The ramblings and connections made below may illustrate some of the thought processes and interests of this editor, and they could even help you find your own inner sans-culottes. |
The French Republican calendar (1793–1805) was a highly structured, if short-lived, calendar intended to make its users more aware of the natural world around them, and the agricultural processes and products of each season.
The year was divided into 12 months of 30 days, with an extra block of 5 or 6 days to keep it aligned with the solar year. The days numbered 10, 20 and 30 in each month were associated with an agricultural tool, and the days 5, 15, and 25 were associated with an animal. The remainder of the days were associated with the plants in season at that time.
