On September 3, 2011 at 09:38, Anthony said...
When the Julian Calendar (named after Caesar) was created it had 365 days a year and a leap year every 4 years.
Doesn't sound right to me. If Julius was in charge of the arrangement, it should have been the Julius calendar. No?
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At the time of Pope Gregory XIII they realized that things where not falling (spring) when it should, so the great minds at the time moved the days back a few days (so that things fall where they should) and added the new rule that every centurial year (i.e. ...1800,1900,2000,2100...) has to be divisible by 400 to be a leap year.
I guess that Pope Greg was the Grand Poobah back then so he got the credit?
Right now there is exactly 13 days difference between the two.
Probably all Friday's too! But then again, maybe they are Monday's and won't really be missed.....
