In the Julian calendar, the new year began on March 25. So March 24, 1701 would be followed directly by March 25, 1702. The Gregorian calendar, as we know today, begins on January 1.

In honor of Leap Day 2024 and the Leap Year hoopla for Feb. 29 − a date not seen since Feb. 29, 2020 − we've tackled the even more rare date and little-known tale of Feb. 30. When is Leap Day ...

We're entering a leap year, which means February 2024 will have an extra day added to the calendar. Leap days come every four years, so this our first such year since 2020 and will be our only one ...

To address this issue, Julius Caesar introduced the Julian calendar, a solar calendar, which included a leap year system. When the Julian calendar was later refined into the Gregorian calendar in ...

When we add a leap day every four years, we make our calendar longer by 44 minutes, and over time, that also causes seasons to drift. To combat this, the rule is that if the year is divisible by ...

While under the Julian calendar, a day shift accumulated every 129 years, that only happens every 3,333 years under the modern calendar. But that’s a problem for another millennium. About the dates ...

The Leap Year rules were originated in the Julian Calendar, established in 46 BC by Julius Caeser, but the system wasn't perfect. Advertisement Leap day exists to even out time discrepancies ...

The idea of leap years dates back to 45 B.C. when the Ancient Roman emperor Julius Caesar instituted the Julian calendar, which was made up of 365 days separated into the 12 months we still use in ...

There are only 24 hours in a day, and only 365 days in a year, it's often said. But every four years, that changes. This year is a leap year, which means we have 366 days in 2024. Here's what you ...

In honor of Leap Day, this read is for the history nerds. Ever wonder how America caught our calendar up with the rest of the world? In September 1752, we skipped over 11 days.

While under the Julian calendar, a day shift accumulated every 129 years, that only happens every 3,333 years under the modern calendar. But that’s a problem for another millennium. About the dates ...