Innovative Tuesday: The Invention of the Gregorian Calendar

     Hello everybody and welcome back to another edition of Nations Made Fun! I'll be your host, Mr. Nations, your tour guide to this massive world we all call home! Today, I'll be doing something a little different than what I usually do. Instead of writing paragraphs about the calendar, I'll have six concise fun facts. Well, what are we waiting for? Let's dive straight into it!

• The original goal of the Gregorian calendar was to change the date of Easter
• Leap years don't really occur every four years in the Gregorian calendar. They were made up to make up for the lag in Caesar's calendar creation.
• The Gregorian calendar differs from the solar year by twenty-six seconds a year. Despite the leap years, we have every four years, the calendar still lags behind by twenty-six seconds.
• Some Protestants didn't like the switch over to the Gregorian calendar because they viewed it as a Catholic plot.
• Britain's adoption of the Gregorian calendar (supposedly) sparked riots and protests. It is thought that the accounts of this are exaggerated.
• Before the switch to the Gregorian calendar, the English new year began on March 25th or Lady Day.

     Sources: https://www.history.com/news/6-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-gregorian-calendar