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French Republican Calendar
Dec 19, 2022 ·
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French Republican Calendar
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The new year approaches. But what if you had to learn a completely new calendar for the coming year? For about a dozen years starting in the late 19th century,...
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The new year approaches. But what if you had to learn a completely new calendar for the coming year? For about a dozen years starting in the late 19th century, France abandoned the Gregorian calendar for an entirely different one. Research:
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