Gregorian or English calendar was born after the Julian calendar of Julius Caesar ... inter alia. Although the Gregorian calendar has become dominant all over the world, the United Nations ...

A remote Shetland island is celebrating its New Year's Day - two weeks after other parts of the world. Foula - which is home ...

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

Teymour Taj celebrates the beginning of 2025 by exploring the weird and wonderful history of calendars As 2025 rolled in, ...

Revolutionary as the Julian calendar was, it wasn't perfect, and fell out of alignment over time. In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII introduced the Gregorian calendar-- basically, the calendar as we know ...

Celebrating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Pope Francis reaffirmed the Catholic Church's willingness to accept a ...

Spain and Germany - also originally used the Julian calendar, they changed to the Gregorian one in 1582, when Pope Gregory XIII introduced it. The Gregorian calendar aimed to ensure that Easter ...

By the mid-15th century, the Julian calendar had diverged from the solar cycle by 10 days. To correct this, Pope Gregory XIII introduced the Gregorian calendar in the 1570s, refining leap year ...

Gregorian or English calendar was born after the Julian calendar of Julius Caesar ... inter alia. Although the Gregorian calendar has become dominant all over the world, the United Nations ...

Foula - which is home to fewer than 40 people - never fully adopted the modern Gregorian calendar, preferring instead to follow some of the traditions of the Julian calendar. So this sees ...