THE CALENDARFrom Julian to Gregorian

Florentine Calendar

Used during the Middle Ages The rest of Europe used the Julian calendar

The new day would begin at sunset If someone was born 3 hours into the day,

then they were born 3 hours after sunset Why might this get confusing?

Florentine Calendar

The new year began on March 25th

This was not unusual French year began on Easter Venetian year began March 1st

English year began March 25th

Gregorian Calendar

Gregorian Calendar was adopted in 1583

Several flaws with old calendars Julian Calendar exceeded the true solar year

by 11 minutes and 14 seconds The calendar did NOT compensate for this

Leap day every 3 years, not 4 Great Britain did not adopt the Gregorian

calendar until 1752 On Wednesday, it was September 2nd, but on the

next day, Thursday, it became September 14th