During the revolutionary era in France, in which the National Convention took control of revolutionary France, a new calendar was adopted. This revolutionary calendar was implemented in November 1793, in an attempt to completely replace the Gregorian calendar. The National Convention adopted a new calendar in France at the time of a revolution in an attempt to increase the number of working days for peasants and reduce the influence of Christianity throughout the country; however most of the general public and government officials reacted negatively. One of the main reasons why the revolutionary calendar was put into effect was to eliminate religion from everyday life. The traditional Gregorian calendar was originally established in 1582 by the Roman Catholic Church, for many the Gregorian calendar represented the old order. The establishment of a new calendar is believed to have been an effort to move away from the old order. One of the main leaders of the calendar reform committee, Gilbert Romme, believed that the church calendar had been shaped by ignorant people to mark the progress of fanaticism (Document Two). When the new calendar was put in place it represented a change from the old traditional order. The new calendar had many significant changes, for example each month was now based on weather patterns; instead of religious holidays, as illustrated in document four, the new calendar used images of women (document four). By establishing months based on crop concepts and weather patterns, the new calendar relied on logical thinking rather than religious associations. These changes demonstrated that the new, more secular calendar was moving away from the old order, no longer based on religion. In this attempt to......middle of paper......a revolutionary calendar due to his attempts to remove religion from French. However, upper class republicans supported the calendar, one reason may be that they were honored on the day of rest in place of religion. Napoleon I eventually brought about the end of the revolutionary calendar in 1806. This was partly because Napoleonic officials did not support the new calendar. In conclusion, the National Convention adopted a new calendar in France at the time of a revolution in an attempt to increase the number of working days for peasants and eliminate religion; however most of the general public and government officials were extremely displeased, and many refused to use the calendar at all. Not even twenty years passed before Napoleon I abolished the revolutionary calendar, restoring the traditional Gregorian calendar.