THE FRENCH REPUBLICAN CALENDAR

To mark the advent of the new age of liberty, among other things they replaced, in October 1793, the old Gregorian calendar with a new republican calendar. Henceforth, the year of the official proclamation of the Republic (1792) would become Year One. In this secular calendar, the twelve months of the year were named after natural elements, while each day was named for a seed, tree, flower, fruit, animal, or tool, replacing the saints’-day names and Christian festivals. The republican calendar was abandoned by Napoleon on January 1, 1806.

The names of the months
Vendémiaire	Brumaire	Frimaire	Nivôse	Pluviôse	Ventôse
vintage	mist	frost	snow	rain	wind
Germinal	Floréal	Prairial	Messidor	Thermidor	Fructidor
seed	blossom	meadow	harvest	heat	fruits

Following the republican calendar, I was born on 14 Messidor CCXI (19/02/2002/)