Most ordinary folks are governed by the calendar and time they reckon by their watch. Gregorian or English calendar was born after the Julian calendar of Julius Caesar, based upon Greenwich Mean ...

So 1751 was just 282 days long, running from 25 March until 31 December. The change to the Gregorian calendar is also the reason the new tax year starts on 6 April. Our team, led by award winning ...

In 1752, from Sept. 3rd to 13th, people witnessed a unique historical event. Eleven days were cut from the calendar and deleted forever.

Opponents of the Gregorian Calendar Date On the other hand, some of the Gedolei Yisrael (imminent rabbis) strongly opposed using the Gregorian date, claiming that those who used it were being ...

Over the years, the Julian Calendar and the solar year got increasingly out of sync. With advances in astronomy, Pope Gregory created the Gregorian Calendar in 1582 to rectify some mistakes of ...

The tradition of celebrating the New Year has evolved over millennia, from ancient Mesopotamia's Akitu festival to the modern Gregorian calendar. As the world welcomes another new year ...

Although the Gregorian calendar has become dominant all over the world, the United Nations created a world calendar, but due to a lack of universal acceptance, it remains on paper. In this context ...