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French Republican Calendar

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The History of the French Calendar

There have been various calendars created by humans throughout history as efforts were made to track time. The two primary components that have driven almost all of them since the beginning Have been the observable movements of the sun and the moon. There have always been problems with making those exactly line up Those problems only get more complicated the longer any given calendar is used Because what's how starts out as just a tiny incremental difference Causes things to really slide around over time.

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