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  2. List of calendars - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of calendars.Included are historical calendars as well as proposed ones. Historical calendars are often grouped into larger categories by cultural sphere or historical period; thus O'Neil (1976) distinguishes the groupings Egyptian calendars (Ancient Egypt), Babylonian calendars (Ancient Mesopotamia), Indian calendars (Hindu and Buddhist traditions of the Indian subcontinent ...

  3. Gregorian calendar - Wikipedia

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    In England, Wales, Ireland, and Britain's American colonies, there were two calendar changes, both in 1752. The first adjusted the start of a new year from Lady Day (25 March) to 1 January (which Scotland had done from 1600), while the second discarded the Julian calendar in favour of the Gregorian calendar, removing 11 days from the September ...

  4. Calendar reform - Wikipedia

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    The International Fixed Calendar is a more modern descendant of this calendar: invented by Moses B. Cotsworth and financially backed by George Eastman. [ 8 ] Around 1930, one James Colligan invented the Pax Calendar , which avoids off-calendar days by adding a 7-day leap week to the 364-day common year for 71 out of 400 years.

  5. Old Style and New Style dates - Wikipedia

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    [6] [d] (Scotland had already made this aspect of the changes, on 1 January 1600.) [7] [8] The second (in effect [e]) adopted the Gregorian calendar in place of the Julian calendar. Thus "New Style" can refer to the start-of-year adjustment , to the adoption of the Gregorian calendar , or to the combination of the two.

  6. List of adoption dates of the Gregorian calendar by country

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    United States of America: French colonial empire and Spanish Empire: 1582 9 Dec 20 Dec 10 United States of America British Empire: 1752 2 Sept 14 Sept 11 Some States adopted as their Common Law the laws of England in 1607, prior to the New Style Calendar Act. [citation needed] United States of America Russian Empire: 1867 6 Oct 18 Oct 11

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  9. Calendar - Wikipedia

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    A calendar from the Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad. The term calendar applies not only to a given scheme of timekeeping but also to a specific record or device displaying such a scheme, for example, an appointment book in the form of a pocket calendar (or personal organizer), desktop calendar, a wall calendar, etc.