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Revolutionary calendar   /rˌɛvəlˈuʃənˌɛri kˈæləndər/   Listen
Revolutionary calendar

noun
1.
The calendar adopted by the first French Republic in 1793 and abandoned in 1805; dates were calculated from Sept. 22, 1792.



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... the constitution which was proclaimed on September 22nd, 1795, or 1st Vendemiaire, Year IV., of the revolutionary calendar. An important postscript to the original constitution now excited fierce commotions which enabled the young officer to repair his own shattered fortunes. The Convention, terrified at the thought of a general election, which might send up a malcontent or royalist majority, decided to impose itself ...
— The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2) • John Holland Rose


Words linked to "Revolutionary calendar" :   solar calendar, Revolutionary calendar month, Pluviose, germinal, Fructidor, Prairial, Nivose, Vendemiaire, Ventose, Frimaire, Floreal, Messidor, Brumaire, Thermidor


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