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Parisians were worried that Charlotte Corday, the assassin of. Enemy forces were advancing over French soil, British ships hovered near French ports hoping to link up with rebels, the Vende had become a region of open rebellion, and Federalist revolts were frequent. Send me an e-mail: updated February 16 th 2011. In July 1793, the revolution was at its lowest ebb. Hence the two calculators will sometimes give results a day apart. It used the astronomical system for determining leap years that was actually used.Īs a consequence of the two different systems, there were leap years in years III, VII and XI which is reflected in this calculator, whilst in the calculator above the leap years fall in years IV, VIII, XII, XVI, etc. This second calculator will convert revolutionary dates for years I to XIV (the years the calendar was actually in use) into the Gregorian calendar.

It is based on the mathematical calculation of leap years proposed in 1795 but never used. It will convert Gregorian dates after September 22nd 1792, the official start of the calendar, into the revolutionary calendar. The calculator below is an expanded version of a script which I developed for The Voice of the Turtle. French Revolutionary Calendar on Wikipedia. It will convert Gregorian dates after September 22nd 1792, the official start of the calendar, into the revolutionary calendar. From 1793-1805 France used a different calendar from the rest of the world, until Napoleon abolished it and returned France to the Gregorian Calendar for the start of 1806. From 1793-1805 France used a different calendar from the rest of the world, until Napoleon abolished it and returned France to the Gregorian Calendar for the start of 1806.
