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"By imperial decree, one year was made 445 days long to bring the calendar back in step with the seasons." Er, is that right?
by StrawberryFrog 18y ago
"By imperial decree, one year was made 445 days long to bring the calendar back in step with the seasons."
Er, is that right?
- Retric 18y agoYes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/46_BC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/46_BC
- ComputerGuru 18y agoAnother interesting tid-bit for the comments: The year 1582 didn't have Oct. 5th through Oct. 14th (inclusive). They just skipped from the fourth of October to the fifteenth!
- dfranke 18y agoWhich resulted in widespread violence when landlords tried to make their tenants pay a full month's rent.