Wikipedia: History of Gregorian Calendar/Talk

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Changed: 10c10

all that. What was remaining was an error of 8 days per millenium.

all that. What was remaining was an error of 8 days per millennium.

Added: 12a13,14

I'm afraid that there's no simple answer - it was irregular in different parts of Europe -- much like some corporations still operate on different fiscal years from others, the first of the year was not inflexible. Lots of medieval and renaissance historians have to double-date events (814/5) because it's not always entirely clear when some people in the past rolled over their year counter.

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