Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Pope Gregory XIII
Standard Name: Gregory XIII, Pope
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October 1582: Under the leadership of Pope Gregory XIII,...
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October 1582
Under the leadership of Pope Gregory XIII
, Italy and other countries in Continental Europe (but not Britain) switched to the reformed Gregorian calendar: 5 October became 15 October, as time lost by the Julian...
2 September 1752: Falling into line with the rest of Europe,...
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2 September 1752
Falling into line with the rest of Europe, Britain changed from the Julian calendar (developed by the Romans) to the Gregorian calendar, which corrected its accumulated slippage backwards from astronomical time; the next day...
