October 1582 isn’t exactly a year which went down ... The Gregorian calendar we still use today was preceded by the Julian calendar, which in turn was preceded by the Roman republican calendar.

The modern calendar has Roman Catholic roots. As the sun does not adhere exactly to the earthly calendar, leap days are ...

Instead of rebuilding the armory, the city built a children’s playground on the site in the 1950s, and today, residents can ...

The Revised Julian calendar temporarily aligned its dates with the Gregorian calendar proclaimed in 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII for adoption by the Christian world. The new calendar was proposed for ...

But the Julian calendar, which is what Christians used in the fourth century ... s spring equinox — gradually “drifted” away from the actual equinox. In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII reformed the calendar, ...

A majority of Russian Orthodox churches worldwide use the Julian calendar, which celebrates Christmas on Jan. 7, instead of using the Gregorian calendar proposed by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582.