![]() The date on which historical events are recorded to have occurred will differ depending on which country's calendar was the reference. So, for more than three centuries after 1582 there were two calendars in use in Western countries. The process of adoption took place over a period of about 350 years. The new calendar was not immediately adopted by all countries. To correct this, the Gregorian calendar was introduced by Papal decree in 1582, when ten days were dropped, so that September 4 was followed by September 15. ![]() The Julian calendar did however accumulate errors at a rate of roughly one day every hundred years when compared to astronomical events. Here is the date of this day in various countriesīy 1000 AD, European countries had generally adopted the Julian calendar of 365 days in a year and 366 days every fourth year. ![]()
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