The government employees had only one day-off, i.e. Each month consisted of 3 ten-day periods. The point is that this kind ofВ clothing had only been in use by the bourgeoisie and the noblemen, whereas the urban poor were unable toВ buy andВ wear them. These extra days were called В«the SansculottidesВ», after В«sans-culottesВ» - the revolutionary-minded masses, - which literally meant В«without knee-breechesВ». 12 months were followed by 5 (in regular years) or 6 (in leap years) complementary days in a row.

The year of the French Republican Calendar consisted of 365 or 366 days, divided into 12 months, the length of each month was exactly 30 days. Charles-Gilbert Romme (1750вЂ“1795) was one of the active members of the French Revolution and author of the French Republican Calendar. Pierre Marechal (1750вЂ“1803) was a well-known French revolutionary-atheist at the end of the XVIII-th century. The French Revolutionary Calendar actually had a prototype, that is the so-called В«Almanac of honest peopleВ», aВ book written by Pierre Sylvain Marechal and published in the beginning of 1788. One day earlier, on September 21 st, theВ monarchy wasВ abolished as the political system of France, and state power was passed to the Consul Napoleon Bonaparte from the French king Louis XVI. On September 22 nd, 1792 the French First Republic (RГ©publique franГ§aise) was proclaimed, so this date isВ considered to be theВ beginning ofВ both theВ Republican Era and the French Republican Calendar. It was used from 24 November 1793 to 31 December 1805 (inclusive) on 1В January, 1806, it was abrogated by Napoleon. The French Revolutionary Calendar, or French Republican Calendar, was introduced inВ France byВ the Decree of 5 October 1793, AD. Russian Empire (alphabetic dates on the coins of Peter the Great).

Nepal (Bikram Samvat era VS, Saka era SE) also works for coins minted by some Indian Princely States:.

Myanmar (also Burma, or officially theВ Republic of the Union of Myanmar.

Lunar Hejira (most of the present-day Arab countries: Egypt, Tunisia, Syria etc also works for Indian Mughal coins).

Korean Empire (1888вЂ“1910: decline of the Empire Gojoseon dating).

Julian calendar (also calculation of date after the founding of Rome, as well as Julian day calculation).

Iran (including the Solar Hejira and the monarchial calendar system).

Haiti (the revolutionary chronological system in the XIX-th century).

Georgia (the first third of the 19 th century) - country in the Caucasus, not the U.S.

French Revolutionary Calendar (alsoВ knownВ as French Republican calendar).

Chinese Empire (cyclical calendar) (Qing Dynasty machine-struck coinage: lateВ XIX вЂ“ early XX centuries).

Copyright В© 2012, Columbia University Press. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. For the outstanding events known by the names of the revolutionary months in which they occurred, see VendГ©miaire Brumaire Thermidor Fructidor.

There was no week each month was divided into three decades of ten days each, with every 10th day ( dГ©cadi) a day of rest. 22 of the corresponding year AD in the years IV, VIII, IX, X, XI, XIII, and XIV, it fell on Sept. The first day of the year (1 VendГ©miaire) of year I, II, III, V, VI, and VII fell on Sept. In leap years (the years III, VII, and XI) the extra day, the last of the year, was Revolution Day. The remaining five days, called sans-culottides, were feast days they were named for Virtue, Genius, Labor, Reason, and Rewards, respectively. Supposedly philosophical and mathematical in its basis, it was divided into 12 months of 30 days (their names were invented by Fabre d'Г‰glantine): VendГ©miaire (vintage month) Brumaire (fog) Frimaire (sleet) NivГґse (snow) PluviГґse (rain) VentГґse (wind) Germinal (seed) FlorГ©al (blossom) Prairial (pasture) Messidor (harvest) Thermidor (heat) Fructidor (fruit). 22, 1792, the autumnal equinox and the day after the proclamation of the republic. Its introduction was decreed by the Convention on Oct. French Revolutionary calendar, the official calendar of France, Nov.

Months of french revolutionary calendar