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Events on Tuesday 7 April 1795 1
1795Metric system legally established in FranceFrench law defines the metre and the kilogramThe National Convention passed a law fixing the metre and kilogram as France's official units of measurement, replacing a patchwork of regional standards. The system was designed to be based on natural, universal constants rather than royal decree. It later spread worldwide and remains the basis of the International System of Units.