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> the calendar we live by today was personally designed by Julius Caesar

Pope Gregory has entered the chat

there have been some changes to the calendar since Caesar, especially when people went to bed Thursday 4 October 1582 and woke up on Friday 15 October 1582, and thereafter there were no more leap years on centuries except every 400 years.

https://www.onthisday.com/articles/gregory-conquers-julius-c...



One fun historical tidbit is that St Teresa of Ávila died on the night of the 4th to the 15th of October, 1582.





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