Previously, people had 1 day in 7 off as a day of rest. That was a minor detail though compared to what it did to people’s work weeks. The variation in the autumn equinox, which determined its start, made it complicated to plot. The French Revolutionary Calendar was never popular for several reasons. The names of the months were meant to reflect what would be happening agriculturally at that time of year in France. They were completely made-up words, inspired by Latin and Greek words for the most part, perhaps meant to inspire by reminding people of Roman and Greek republics in the past. Fabre d’Églantine came up with the names of the months used.
The calendar was designed by Charles Gilbert Romme, a politician. The New Year in the calendar started on the autumn equinox (22nd or 23rd of September, depending on the year.)ĭespite its revolutionary nature, however, the Revolutionary Calendar anchored itself in French rural life and attempted to relate to what was happening in agriculture in France at that time of the year. Instead, year 1 was assumed to date from 22 September 1792, when the first French Republic was proclaimed. The calendar did away with the birth of Jesus Christ as year 0. ( The hour and minute part of it though was officially abandoned in 1795.) The calendar was revived briefly in 1871 during the Paris Commune. The calendar was the official calendar in France for 12 years, from 24 October 1793 until it was abolished 1 January 1806 by Napoléon. The extra 5 days a year were assigned to special Celebration Days.
Each day had 10 hours, each hour 100 “decimal” minutes and each minute 100 “decimal” seconds. The calendar year still had 12 months, but each month was divided into 3 weeks (called “décades”) of 10 days each. The French Revolutionary Calendar, created at the same time as the metric system, was an attempt to create a metric calendar and time system.
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