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. |
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. |