Dials and Symbols of the French revolution, The Republican Calendar and Decimal time. The Horological Foundation.
 
Dials & Symbols
 of the French Revolution,
the Republican Calendar
and Decimal time
 
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Calendar conversion
French Table of symbols
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  Republican <-> Gregorian calendar conversion.

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Republican           Gregorian
Vendémaire 1 I 22 Sept. 1792
Brumaire 2 22 October
Frimaire 3 21 November
Nivôse 4 21 December
Pluviôse 5 1793 20 January
Ventôse 6 19 February
Germinal 7 21 March
Floréal 8 20 April
Prairial 9 20 May
Messidor 10 19 June
Thermidor 11 19 July
Fructidor 12 18 August
Vendémaire 1 II 22 September
Brumaire 2 22 October
Frimaire 3 22 November
Nivôse 4 21 December
Pluviôse 5 1794 20 January
Ventôse 6 19 February
Germinal 7 21 March
Floréal 8 20 April
Prairial 9 20 May
Messidor 10 19 June
Thermidor 11 19 July
Fructidor 12 18 August
Vendémaire 1 III 22 September
Brumaire 2 22 October
Frimaire 3 22 November
Nivôse 4 21 December
Pluviôse 5 1795 20 January
Ventôse 6 19 February
Germinal 7 21 March
Floréal 8 20 April
Prairial 9 20 May
Messidor 10 19 June
Thermidor 11 19 July
Fructidor 12 18 August
Vendémaire 1 IV 23 September
Brumaire 2 23 October
Frimaire 3 22 November
Nivôse 4 22 December
Pluviôse 5 1796 21 January
Ventôse 6 20 February
Germinal 7 21 March
Floréal 8 20 April
Prairial 9 20 May
Messidor 10 19 June
Thermidor 11 19 July
Fructidor 12 18 August
Vendémaire 1 V 22 September
Brumaire 2 22 October
Frimaire 3 22 November
Nivôse 4 21 December
Pluviôse 5 1797 20 January
Ventôse 6 19 February
Germinal 7 21 March
Floréal 8 20 April
Prairial 9 20 May
Messidor 10 19 June
Thermidor 11 19 July
Fructidor 12 18 August
Vendémaire 1 VI 22 September
Brumaire 2 22 October
Frimaire 3 22 November
Nivôse 4 21 December
Pluviôse 5 1798 20 January
Ventôse 6 19 February
Germinal 7 21 March
Floréal 8 20 April
Prairial 9 20 May
Messidor 10 19 June
Thermidor 11 19 July
Fructidor 12 18 August
Vendémaire 1 VII 22 September
Brumaire 2 22 October
Frimaire 3 22 November
Nivôse 4 21 December
Pluviôse 5 1799 20 January
Ventôse 6 19 February
Germinal 7 21 March
Floréal 8 20 April
Prairial 9 20 May
Messidor 10 19 June
Thermidor 11 19 July
Fructidor 12 18 August
Vendémaire 1 VIII 23 September
Brumaire 2 23 October
Frimaire 3 22 November
Nivôse 4 22 December
Pluviôse 5 1800 21 January
Ventôse 6 20 February
Germinal 7 22 March
Floréal 8 21 April
Prairial 9 21 May
Messidor 10 20 June
Thermidor 11 20 July
Fructidor 12 19 August
Vendémaire 1 IX 23 September
Brumaire 2 23 October
Frimaire 3 22 November
Nivôse 4 22 December
Pluviôse 5 1801 21 January
Ventôse 6 20 February
Germinal 7 22 March
Floréal 8 21 April
Prairial 9 21 May
Messidor 10 20 June
Thermidor 11 20 July
Fructidor 12 19 August
Vendémaire 1 X 23 September
Brumaire 2 23 October
Frimaire 3 22 November
Nivôse 4 22 December
Pluviôse 5 1802 21 January
Ventôse 6 20 February
Germinal 7 22 March
Floréal 8 21 April
Prairial 9 21 May
Messidor 10 20 June
Thermidor 11 20 July
Fructidor 12 19 August
Vendémaire 1 XI 23 September
Brumaire 2 23 October
Frimaire 3 22 November
Nivôse 4 22 December
Pluviôse 5 1803 21 January
Ventôse 6 20 February
Germinal 7 22 March
Floréal 8 21 April
Prairial 9 21 May
Messidor 10 20 June
Thermidor 11 20 July
Fructidor 12 19 August
Vendémaire 1 XII 24 September
Brumaire 2 24 October
Frimaire 3 23 November
Nivôse 4 23 December
Pluviôse 5 1804 22 January
Ventôse 6 21 February
Germinal 7 22 March
Floréal 8 21 April
Prairial 9 21 May
Messidor 10 20 June
Thermidor 11 20 July
Fructidor 12 19 August
Vendémaire 1 XIII 23 September
Brumaire 2 23 October
Frimaire 3 22 November
Nivôse 4 22 December
Pluviôse 5 1805 21 January
Ventôse 6 20 February
Germinal 7 22 March
Floréal 8 21 April
Prairial 9 21 May
Messidor 10 20 June
Thermidor 11 20 July
Fructidor 12 19 August
Vendémaire 1 XIV 23 September
Brumaire 2 23 October
Frimaire 3 22 November
Nivôse 4 22 December
Pluviôse 5 1806 21 January
Ventôse 6 20 February
Germinal 7 22 March
Floréal 8 21 April
Prairial 9 21 May
Messidor 10 20 June
Thermidor 11 20 July
Fructidor 12 19 August
Vendémaire 1 XV 23 September
Brumaire 2 October
Frimaire 3 November
Nivôse 4 December
Pluviôse 5 1807 January
Ventôse 6 February
Germinal 7 March
Floréal 8 April
Prairial 9 May
Messidor 10 June
Thermidor 11 July
Fructidor 12 August
Vendémaire 1 XVI September
Brumaire 2 October
Frimaire 3 November
Nivôse 4 December
 
  French table of symbols.
 
Le Coq
La Crosse d'Evéque
L'Epée
La Béche
Le Râteau
La Gerbe de Blé

La Fleur de Lys
La Couronne
Deux L entrelacés
La Cocarde Tricolore
La Cocarde Noire
La Cocarde Blanche
La Bastille

L'Arbre
Le Chéne
La Pique
La Jeune Femme au Miroir
Le Drapeau
Le Faisceau
Les Lauriers
Le Triangle
L'Oeil
Le Canon
Le Bonnet Phrygien
La Carmagnole

La Guillotine
Le Lion
La France
La Cornemuse
La Chaîne Brisée
La Corne
La Renommée
L'Ancre
Le Globe
La Ruche
La Palme
 		 La Vigilance
Le Clergé
La Noblesse
Le Tiers-Stat
Le Tiers-Etat
L'Abondance,
La Prospérité
La Monarchie
La Monarchie
La Monarchie
L'Emblème des Patriotes
L'Emblème de la Reine
L'Emblème des Royalistes
Le Symbole de la Victoire
du Peuple sur la Tyrannie
La Liberté
Les Vertus Civiques
Le Peuple
La Vérité

La Nation
L'Union, la Fraternité
La Victoire
L'Accord Parfait
La Vigilance
La Force des Armées
Le Symbole de la Liberté
Chanson et Danse populaires
La Justice Révolutionnaire
La Force
La Patrie
La Paix
L'Abolition de l'Esclavage
L'Abondance de la Nature
L'Annonciatrice
L'Espérance
L'Universalité
Le Peuple Laborieux
La Victoire des Armées
   
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...... to establish a new Republican identity, French Revolutionaries replaced monarchical and religious symbols with "Enlightenment" imagery and introduced a decimal-based calendar (1793–1805).
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