The Gregorian calendar is a solar calendar that is widely used all over the globe. It is named after Pope Gregory XIII, who announced calendar modifications for all of Catholic Christendom in the papal bull Inter gravissimas in 1582. But did you know why the first month in the Gregorian calendar is January? The month […]
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While we know that a calendar is used to keep track of the days. The concept behind its creation is quite remarkable. In order to keep track of the day, time periods, usually days, weeks, months, and years are given names. A date is the designation of a single, specific day in such a system.
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As the Gregorian calendar bases its beginning on Jesus Christ’s life, it fails to consider historical events that contribute to the development of human civilization. Due to the lacking epoch in the Gregorian calendar, a calendar that accurately contextualizes the timeline of human civilization is needed. Made by Cesare Emiliani, the Holocene Calendar begins 10,000
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