Well, there’s a reason! In the Roman calendar, which was used up until the first century B.C., there were 10 months. It was replaced by the Julian calendar, proposed by Julius Caesar, which ...

The year 1700 was a leap year by the Julian calendar but not by the Gregorian, and therefore March 1, 1700, Julian, corresponded to March 12, 1700, Gregorian, the difference then amounting to ...

In the Julian calendar, the new year began on March 25. So March 24, 1701 would be followed directly by March 25, 1702. The Gregorian calendar, as we know today, begins on January 1. ...

The Julian calendar had a 12-month year measuring 365.25 days -- an attempt to duplicate the time it takes the Earth to make a complete revolution around the sun. However, the calendar exceeded ...

Eastern Orthodox churches use the Julian calendar, which can place the date of Easter anywhere between April 4 and May 8 when it's converted back to the Gregorian calendar. This year, the Eastern ...