"Calendar glitch hai," the third user commented on Instagram. "By 1582, the Julian calendar, with a Leap Day every four years, had accumulated TEN extra days relative to Earth's orbit.

In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII introduced the Gregorian calendar. Prior to this, most of the Roman world and Europe had used the Julian calendar, introduced by Julius Caesar in 45 BCE.

In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII introduced the ... What it boiled down to was that Sweden resynchronized itself with the old Julian calendar by adding an extra leap day, Feb. 30, to 1712.

But over time, that slight misalignment compounded and meant the Julian calendar wasn't aligned perfectly with Earth's orbit.In 1582, the Catholic Church wanted to correct this mistake by ...

In 1582 it corrected the Julian calendar, shortening the average year by 0.0075 days to stop the drift with respect to the equinoxes. In 1582, Thursday, October 4 was followed by Friday, October 15.

The birth of the Julian calendar. Finally, in 45 B.C., ... Only with Gregory’s 1582 reform did January 1 really stick as the beginning of the new year—for many.

In 1582, France implemented the Gregorian calendar. The country previously used the Julian calendar until the Council of Trent called for a change in 1563 , according to the History Channel.