Re: The Julian Calendar
Jenny
jenny@panix.com
Sat Feb 23 11:22:23 2002
Oops!  A quick correction.*p*I got curious about when New Year's Day (January 1st) became the beginning of the year.  I knew the change was recent, because even colonial America records start the year in March.  But I wasn't sure when the change occurred.  So I did some research... and found a mistake in what I told you.*p*The Julian year actually DID begin on January 1st.  It was the Catholic Church that moved "new year's" to March, in the early Middle Ages.  There it stayed for centuries, until the Gregorian calendar reform moved New Year's back to January 1st.*p*Jenny*br*
Re: The Julian Calendar
Jenny
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