A calendar notation in which the date is represented by one number. For example, the Julian date for December 11, 1942 is 2430705; while December 12, 1942 is 2430706. The Julian date is widely ...

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Do you know that there was a year that lasted 445 days?46 BCE was the longest year ever recorded, lasting 445 days, 80 days more than a usual year.A year is defined by the Earth’s orbit around the Sun ...

Several countries around the world have already entered 2025, while in other nations, January 1, the first day of the year, ...

With the blossoming of spring brings the holiest day in the Christian religion — the celebration of Easter. See when the ...

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Revolutionary as the Julian calendar was, it wasn't perfect ... Ages some kingdoms had shifted their observance of New Year's Day to alternative dates corresponding to various Christian holidays.

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