-----Original Message----- From: Terry Blanton According to this database:
http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/lunar_eclipses/5MCLE/xLE_Five_Millenniu m_Canon.html there was no eclipse in 1554; but, it does list two in 1638, one on Dec 21st.... My search criterion was for a total eclipse. Hmmm... below is the quote - direct from Wiki for the main events of the year 1554: "December 11 - The winter solstice coincides with a full lunar eclipse, an event not to happen again until December 2010.[1][2] Since the Gregorian calender is not yet invented at this time and the Julian calendar is ten days out of synch with the seasons, it actually occurs on December 11, rather than December 21 as in modern times." END Well - they did misspell 'calendar', and it would not be the first error to appear in Wiki, and then be relayed, as absolute truth, in a post to Vortex :)
