Subject: Re: [HM] Calendrical questions
From: Ivan Van Laningham (ivanlan@callware.com)
Date: Mon Jan 31 2000 - 08:55:28 EST
Hi All--
"R. E. Taylor" wrote:
> According to the Encyclopaedia Britannica Pope Gregory XIII in 1582
> February 24. caused the calendar to be reformed. According to this
> reform, certain leap days which by the Julian Calendar would be added
> to years divisible by 4 would not be added if the year was divisible
> by 100 unless also divisible by 400. This has the effect of dropping
> three days out of 400 years increasing the accuracy of the calendar
> to one day out of 2500.
>
> This is usually referred to as the Gregorian rule and the resulting
> calendar the Gregorian Calendar. What was the actual statement of
> this rule?
See
http://www.greenheart.com/billh/leapyear.html
for an overview.
The papal bull (known as the _Inter Gravissimas_) which specified the
actual Gregorian reform can be found at:
http://ecuvax.cis.ecu.edu/~pymccart/inter-grav.html
in Latin. An English translation is also given. Right at the moment,
however, ecuvax.cis.ecu.edu appears to be down, but the URL is indeed a
valid one.
Take care,
Ivan
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