In 1792, the people of France overthrew their monarchy and established the French Republic.

The leaders of the French Revolution didn't just want to change the French political system.

They wanted to radically overhaul French culture and society as well.

That extended all the way to the very

calendar which was used to keep track of time. Learn more about the French

Republican calendar, how it worked and why no one uses it today on this episode

of Everything Everywhere Daily. Book your ticket to happiness with Sun Express Airlines. And The French Revolution was about a lot more than putting their king in a guillotine.

Although to be fair, that was a pretty big part of it.

Changing the political system in France was only the start of things

which the revolutionaries wanted to change.

The government took control of the church.

All the members of the clergy became state employees and all church property was confiscated.

They desecrated the graves of former French kings and queens in the cathedral of Sandenny.

They also wanted to make basic changes to everyday life. Many

of these changes fell under the broad category of Decimalization. I don't want to downplay the idea of

decimalization because many decimalization schemes actually made a lot of sense.

In 1795, the French Republic introduced a new decimalized currency called the French

Frank, which replaced the Libra. They were following the lead of the United States, which replaced the Libra.

They were following the lead of the United States, which had recently become one of the

first countries to decimalize its currency.

The movement for decimalization also led to the creation of the metric system, a system of

weights and measures entirely divided into

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