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Gregorian calendar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Gregorian calendar is the internationally accepted civil calendar. It was first proposed by the Calabrian doctor Aloysius Lilius, and decreed by Pope Gregory XIII, after whom the calendar was na...
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Proleptic Gregorian calendar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The proleptic Gregorian calendar is produced by extending the Gregorian calendar backward to dates preceding its official introduction in 1582. The proleptic Gregorian calendar is explicitly require...
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A selection of articles related to Gregorian calendar - Difference between Gregorian and Julian calendar dates ... Gregorian calendar - Difference between Gregorian and Julian calendar dates: About Materialist and Spiritual Calendars...
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In a few, predominantly Eastern Orthodox, nations, religious holidays are celebrated on the corresponding day in the Julian Calendar. From 1900 until 2100, there is a thirteen-day difference between the Julian and the Gregorian Calendar, which is ... Mayan Calendar...
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In a 400-year period 3 leap days would be lost compared to the Julian calendar. Recall that the Julian calendar would gain 3.12 days in this time period. This difference limits the gain in 400 years to 0.12 days for the Gregorian calendar: it will take 3300 years to gain a permanent day.
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The Julian calendar was switched over to the Gregorian starting in 1582, at which point the 10 day difference between the actual time of year and traditional time of year on which calendrical events occurred became intolerable.
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