Now This Is An Unusual Fact I Found
By Alice Henry
@IreneVincent (15960)
United States
January 16, 2017 10:40am CST
I’ve been doing some research on history for each month of the year and came across this information that I had never heard before. I need to look further into this, but here’s what I found.
On October 5, 1582, “absolutely nothing happened.” What? You say. According to what I found, there was no such day. Neither was there October 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, or 14 of the year 1582!
What in the world? Well, here’s what happened. Somehow the calendar had gotten “askew” by ten days by this solar year, so, Pope Gregory XIII eliminated October 5-14 from the calendar in order to catch up.
The Gregorian Calendar is different from the Julian Calendar, so I will have to look further into this “story.” I have heard of adjustments to the calendar before, but not the elimination of ten days. Hmmm.
Have you heard of this?
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@Deepizzaguy (122203)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
16 Jan 17
I never heard of that story. It is amazing.
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
17 Jan 17
Several adjustments have been made over the years to the calendar.
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
17 Jan 17
There's always something to learn. I'm still looking into this bit of trivia.
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
18 Jan 17
I know what you mean. I lost a few days myself, when I was very ill and running a fever.
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
17 Jan 17
I'm still doing some research on this but I was surprised when I came across this bit of history about adjusting the calendar.
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