The term "Year One" in political history usually refers to the institution of radical, revolutionary change. This usage dates from the time of the
French Revolution
The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in coup of 18 Brumaire, November 1799. Many of its ...
. After the official
abolition of the French monarchy on 21 September 1792, the
National Convention
The National Convention (french: link=no, Convention nationale) was the parliament of the Kingdom of France for one day and the French First Republic for the rest of its existence during the French Revolution, following the two-year Nationa ...
instituted the new
French Revolutionary Calendar. It declared the day after abolition – 22 September, redesignated as 1
Vendémiaire
Vendémiaire () was the first month in the French Republican calendar. The month was named after the Occitan word ''vendemiaire'' (grape harvester).
Vendémiaire was the first month of the autumn quarter (''mois d'automne''). It started on the ...
– to be the first day of
the Republic and the beginning of Year I.
See also
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Year Zero (political notion)
Year Zero ( km, ឆ្នាំសូន្យ, ) is an idea put into practice by Pol Pot in Democratic Kampuchea that all culture and traditions within a society must be completely destroyed or discarded and that a new revolutionary culture mu ...
References
1792 events of the French Revolution
French Republican calendar
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