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Thursday, 4 October 1582, was followed by Friday, 15 October 1582, with ten days skipped. Philip II of Spain decreed the change from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar, [3] which affected much of Catholic Europe, as Philip was at the time ruler over Spain and Portugal as well as much of Italy.
Turning back extra days – 4 October 1582, was to be followed by 15 October 1582, and these 10 missing days were not to be counted in calculating end days of loans, taxes etc.; Easter was to be computed with reference not only to the new 21 March, but also by the use of new Paschal tables.
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 ...
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 ...
The Gregorian calendar reform also dealt with the accumulated difference between these figures, between the years 325 and 1582, by skipping 10 days to set the ecclesiastical date of the equinox to be 21 March, the median date of its occurrence at the time of the First Council of Nicea in 325.
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Pope Gregory XIII (Latin: Gregorius XIII; Italian: Gregorio XIII; 7 January 1502 – 10 April 1585), [b] born Ugo Boncompagni, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 May 1572 to his death in April 1585.