> Subject: Re: [H] Happy New Year!!!
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> Happy New Year to the Collective!
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Happy arbitrary year line.
One
of the first truly scientific calendars was the Egyptian calendar.
According to this calendar, a year comprised of 12 months, and each
month had exactly 30 days. The months were further divided into three
weeks, with each week lasting 10 days. Later on, the Babylonian calendar
was developed, and it was a lunisolar calendar. The years in this
calendar were made up of 12 lunar months, and each month would begin
when a new crescent moon appeared.
The first Roman calendar was
created by Romulus, and it had 10 months in a year, with each month
lasting 30 or 31 days. The Romans had a number of calendars, and the
most notable one was the Julian calendar.
The Julian calendar was
introduced in 45 BC by Julius Caesar. Although it had 12 months, many
of its months were shorter than the months in the modern calendar. As
such, one Julian year only consisted of 355 days. Before Julius Caesar’s
reforms, the year began on the 31st of March. A leap month with 23 or
24 days was also created to keep the calendar properly aligned with the
cycle of seasons.
In the year 1582, Pope Gregory XIII decreed that
there should be a change in the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar
was a theoretical calendar, and it was created from very precise
calculations of vernal equinoxes
I'd like to see the year go from Summer Solstice to Summer Solicitous.
Anyway, Best wishes for you and yours.
8bit
