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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 ...
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To reinstate the association, the reform advanced the date by 10 days: [c] Thursday 4 October 1582 was followed by Friday 15 October 1582. [3] In addition, the reform also altered the lunar cycle used by the Church to calculate the date for Easter, because astronomical new moons were occurring four days before the calculated dates.
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