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Question: List of holidays during French Revolution!?
i need to know holidays people celebrated in france during the french revolution!. (1789-1799) thankssWww@QuestionHome@Com


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According to the revolutionary calendar adopted in 1793 and used until 1805, time began when the old monarchy ended, on September 22, 1792 – the first of Vendémiaire, Year I!. By formal vote of the Convention, the revolutionaries divided time into units that they took to be rational and natural!. There were ten days to a week, three weeks to a
month and twelve months to a year!. The five days left over, at the end became patriotic holidays, 'jours sans culottides', given over to civic qualities: Virtue, Genius, Labor, Opinion, and Rewards!. See link for chart: http://www!.familysearch!.org/Eng/Search/R!.!.!. Hope this helps!.Www@QuestionHome@Com