Five days (in leap years six) were added at the end of the year to bring it into coincidence with the solar year.
An I began Sept.

22, 1792.
" II " " 1793.
" III " " 1794.
" IV (leap year) 1795.
* * * * * " VIII began Sept.

22, 1799.
" IX " Sept.

23, 1800.
" X " " 1801.
* * * * * " XIV " " 1805.
The new computation, though reckoned from Sept.

22, 1792, was not introduced until Nov.