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However, the other attributes of the republican calendar, the months, and years, remained as they were. The French Republic ended with the coronation of Napoleon as Empereur des Français (Emperor of the French) on 11 Frimaire, Year XIII (2 December 1804), but the republican calendar would remain in place for another year.
France most commonly records the date using the day-month-year order with an oblique stroke or slash (”/”) as the separator with numerical values, for example, 31/12/1992. The 24-hour clock is used to express time, using the lowercase letter "h" as the separator in between hours and minutes, for example, 14 h 05.
Thermidor (French pronunciation: [tɛʁmidɔʁ]) was the eleventh month in the French Republican calendar. The month was named after the French word thermal, derived from the Greek word thermos 'heat'. Thermidor was the second month of the summer quarter (mois d'été). It started July 19 or 20. It ended August 17 or 18.
Basic components of a calendar date for the most common calendar systems: D – day; M – month; Y – year; Specific formats for the basic components: yy – two-digit year, e.g. 24; yyyy – four-digit year, e.g. 2024; m – one-digit month for months below 10, e.g. 3; mm – two-digit month, e.g. 03; mmm – three-letter abbreviation for ...
Germinal (French pronunciation: [ʒɛʁminal]) was the seventh month in the French Republican Calendar. The month was named after the Latin word germen 'germination'. Germinal was the first month of the spring quarter (mois de printemps). It started March 21 or March 22, and ended April 19 or April 20. It follows Ventôse and precedes Floréal.
The French Republican Calendar was introduced (along with decimal time) in 1793, and was similar to the ancient Egyptian calendar. [3] It consisted of twelve months, each divided into three décades of ten days, with five or six intercalary days called sansculottides. [3] The calendar was abolished by Napoleon on January 1, 1806. [3]
Ventôse (French pronunciation:; also Ventose) was the sixth month in the French Republican Calendar. The month was named after the Latin word ventosus 'windy'. Ventôse was the third month of the winter quarter (mois d'hiver). It started between 19 and 21 February. It ended between 20 and 21 March.
Vendémiaire (French pronunciation: [vɑ̃demjɛʁ]) was the first month in the French Republican calendar. The month was named after the Occitan word vendemiaire 'grape harvester'. Vendémiaire was the first month of the autumn quarter (mois d'automne).