The months themselves were renamed so that all previous associations should be lost, and Fabre d'Églantine chose descriptive names as follows (the descriptive nature and corresponding Gregorian calendar dates for years 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7 are given in parentheses): The French republican calendar was short-lived, for while it was satisfactory enough internally, it clearly made for difficulties in communication abroad because its months continually changed their relationship to dates in the Gregorian calendar.

3 weeks ago - Thermidor (from Greek θέρμη, ... his 1837 work The French Revolution: A History, namely Vintagearious, Fogarious, Frostarious, Snowous, Rainous, Windous, Buddal, Floweral, Meadowal, Reapidor, Heatidor, and Fruitidor....

April 27, 2026 - In this secular calendar, the twelve months of the year were named after natural elements, while each day was named for a seed, tree, flower, fruit, animal, or tool, replacing the saints’-day names and Christian festivals.

January 27, 2026 - As for the seven-day week, it was replaced by a ten-day cycle called a ‘décade‘: day names were changed to primidi (oneday), duodi (twoday), tridi (threeday), quartidi (fourday etc.), quintidi, sextidi, septidi, octidi, nonidi and décadi. Months were made up of three decades, and the year ended after Fructidor with 5 supplementary days (Jours supplémentaires); and a 6th ‘Jour de la Révolution’ for leap years.

October 26, 2022 - The names, meanings, and lengths of the Republican months and weekdays as devised by Fabre d'Eglantine include: ... Vendémiaire: month of vintage, derived from the Latin vindemia, or "grape harvest." First month of the year.

January 8, 2026 - Summer Months: Messidor, meaning harvest (19 June – 18 July) Thermidor, meaning heat (19 July – 17 August) Fructidor, meaning fruiting (18 August – 16 September) *The dates are approximate and changed from year to year. George Ellis, an English satirical poet, was so inspired by the descriptive French month names that he decided to write a poem suggesting his own tongue-in-cheek names for the English calendar, but he kept January as the first month.

July 12, 2023 - The authors of the calendar changed the names of months and the days of the week, eliminating all Judeo-Christian religious references and replacing these with Latin-based names that most frequently referred to plants and other natural phenomena.

December 17, 2024 - After the French Revolution and for just over a decade, France turned to a completely different calendar, even choosing to have a different clock, in an attempt to erase the influence of royalty and religion on every day life. A month called Fremaire? 100 minutes in an hour? Years marked with Roman numerals? What was going on? The French Revolution convulsed France. The Ancien Régime was toppled, heads rolled, and new leaders strove to remake the country. This “Republican Era” would see many changes, like new calendars and new clocks that are today historical curiosities, but which changed daily life in France for years.

February 21, 2021 - Poet Philippe François Nazaire Fabre, known as Fabre d’Eglantine (1750-1794) was given the honour of naming the months. Inspired by nature he called them: Vendémiaire from the Latin ‘vindemia’, grape harvest was when the new year started – in September Brumaire from the French ‘brume’, fog Frimaire from the French ‘frimas’, hoarfrost Nivôse from the Latin ‘nivosus’, snowy Pluviôse from the Latin ‘pluviosus’, rainy Ventôse from the Latin ‘ventosus’, windy Germinal from the Latin ‘germen, germinis’, bud Floréal (from the Latin ‘floreus’, flowery Prairial from the French ‘prairie’, meadow Messidor from the Latin ‘messis’, corn harvest Thermidor from the Greek ‘thermon’ heat Fructidor from the Latin ‘fructus’, fruit

August 25, 2023 - The authors of the calendar changed the names of months and the days of the week, eliminating all Judeo-Christian religious references and replacing these with Latin-based names that most frequently referred to plants and other natural phenomena.

December 9, 2025 - Storming of the Bastille, 14 July 1789. ... The French Republican calendar (also known as the Revolutionary calendar) was introduced during the French Revolution to replace the Gregorian calendar and begin a new era.

April 16, 2019 - From the 16th of Floréal to the 3rd of Prairal in the 79th Year of Liberty, citizens followed a decimal calendar. The revolutionary zeal to reform all aspects of society burned so intensely that it altered the very names of the days and months.

October 19, 2022 - "Dor" means "giving" in Greek.[8] ... A History,[8] namely Vintagearious, Fogarious, Frostarious, Snowous, Rainous, Windous, Buddal, Floweral, Meadowal, Reapidor, Heatidor, and Fruitidor....

October 4, 2020 - The French Revolutionary Calendar, ... time system. The calendar year still had 12 months, but each month was divided into 3 weeks (called "décades") of 10 days each. Each day had 10 hours, each hour 100 "de...

The French Revolutionary Calendar (or Republican Calendar) was officially adopted in France on October 24, 1793 and abolished on 1 January 1806 by Emperor Napoleon I. It was used again briefly during under the Paris Commune in 1871.

3 weeks ago - Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree.... ... French republican calendar, dating system that was adopted in 1793 during the French Revolution and which was intended to replace the Gregorian calendar with a more scientific and rational system that would avoid Christian associations.

August 19, 2025 - Also known as the French Republican calendar, the idea was to do away with the old ways and usher in a new era of science and thinking. No more January, February, March, or Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, the new French Revolutionary calendar would ...

January 2, 2026 - Each day would honor some noble attribute. They would be virtue, talent, labor, convictions, honors, and the leap year day would celebrate the revolution. The names of the months were all totally changed.

March 18, 2026 - "Dor" means "giving" in Greek.[7] ... A History,[7] namely Vintagearious, Fogarious, Frostarious, Snowous, Rainous, Windous, Buddal, Floweral, Meadowal, Reapidor, Heatidor, and Fruitidor....