Calendar shifts
The calendar which we live by today — the Gregorian calendar was named after Pope Gregory VIII, who reformed the Julian calendar, which had been used until, then.
This set the year at 365 days and six hours, which formed an extra day every four years (leap
year). But more exacting calculations set the solar year at 365 days, 5 hours 49 minutes and 46
seconds. The extra 11 minutes and 14 seconds meant that 10 days had been lost by 1582, when the Gregorian calendar was adopted by Spain, France, Portugal, and - some Italian states, so “
Gregory decreed that * October 15 should follow ; October 4 to make up the m lost time. . :
Britain did not adapt i the Gregorian calendar * until 1752 — Russia not “ until 79 years ago.
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Press, 28 January 1986, Page 14
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130Calendar shifts Press, 28 January 1986, Page 14
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