French Revolutionary Calendar

French revolutionaries believed they did not simply topple a government, but established a new social order founded on freedom and equality. 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.

If I were living in the French Revolution I would have been born on 20 Pluviôse CCX.

Being Pluviôse means being born in the Month of Rain.

In the process of the French Revolution I would have been born during the National Assembly abolished slavery in all French colonies, and proclaimed the equality of all men, regardless of the color of their skin. Unfortunately, the victory of the anti-slavery camp was relatively short-lived, and slavery was restored in 1802.

This is the original calendar, written in 1792