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October 15: The day after October 4, 1582, is designated October 15 by order of Pope Gregory XIII June 21: Japanese warlord Oda Nobunaga assassinated in "incident at HonnÅ-ji" 1582 ( MDLXXXII ) was a common year starting on Monday in the Julian calendar , and a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Proleptic ...
In these territories, as well as in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (ruled by Anna Jagiellon) and in the Papal States, the new calendar was implemented on the date specified by the bull, with Julian Thursday, 4 October 1582, being followed by Gregorian Friday, 15 October 1582; the Spanish and Portuguese colonies followed somewhat later de ...
The Gregorian calendar is the calendar used in most parts of the world. [1] [a] It went into effect in October 1582 following the papal bull Inter gravissimas issued by Pope Gregory XIII, which introduced it as a modification of, and replacement for, the Julian calendar.
It marks the beginning of year 1582 if that year began on 25 December, the traditional date of the birth or nativity of Jesus. "Indictione decima" (Indiction 10) is the year beginning 1 January, which agrees with modern reckoning. All of these years agree that the bull was dated 24 February 1582, using the modern 1 January beginning of the year.
The proleptic Gregorian calendar is produced by extending the Gregorian calendar backward to the dates preceding its official introduction in 1582. In nations that adopted the Gregorian calendar after its official and first introduction, dates occurring in the interim period of 15 October 1582 (the first date of use of Gregorian calendrical dates, being dated 5 October 1582 in the preceding ...
Dateline: “The Day Alissa Disappeared” (9 p.m., NBC) Andrea Canning reports on the disappearance and presumed murder of 17-year-old Alissa Turney , who went missing in Phoenix in 2001.
The principal change was to space leap years differently so as to make the average calendar year 365.2425 days long, more closely approximating the 365.2422-day 'tropical' or 'solar' year that is determined by the Earth's revolution around the Sun. The reform advanced the date by 10 days: Thursday 4 October 1582 was followed by Friday 15 ...
A New York woman who disappeared 42 years ago after her husband dropped her off at a doctor's appointment has been found living with dementia in Lowell, Massachusetts, according to reports.. The ...