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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 ...
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.
When the Gregorian calendar was adopted by each country, the weekly cycle continued uninterrupted. For example, in the case of the few countries that adopted the reformed calendar on the date proposed by Gregory XIII for the calendar's adoption, Friday, 15 October 1582, the preceding date was Thursday, 4 October 1582 (Julian calendar).
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 ...
1582 4 Oct 15 Oct 10 [11] [12] Italy County of Tyrol, Prince-Bishopric of Brixen: 1583 4 Oct 15 Oct 10 Brixen possibly one day later [6] Japan: Japan: 1872 2 "12th month" 1 Jan (1873) N/A Previously used the Japanese calendar. Japanese era names still remain in use. Laos: French colonial empire: 1889 N/A Previously used the Burmese calendar ...
Gregory subsequently decreed, by the papal bull Inter gravissimas of 24 February 1582, that the day after Thursday, 4 October 1582 would be the fifteenth, not the fifth, of October. The new calendar replaced the Julian calendar, which had been used since 45 BC.
Under the Habsburg monarchy in Spain, Portugal and Italy, together with the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the year continues under the Julian calendar as normal until Thursday October 4, the next day becoming Friday October 15; France follows two months later, letting Sunday December 9 be followed by Monday December 20. Other countries ...