Islamic New Year and the different calendars around the world
The arrival of the new crescent moon marks the start of the year 1444 on the Islamic lunar calendar. By Marium Ali and Hanna Duggal Published On 29 Jul 202229 Jul 2022 July […]
CALENDAR CONTROVERSY: Time is money: why the Swiss switched calendars
By Regula Bochsler APR 23, 2017 Pope Gregory XIII announced a major calendar reform on February 24, 1582(Andreas Praefcke/wikimedia commons) Catholics and Protestants in Switzerland fought, literally, for more […]
The Geopolitics of the Gregorian Calendar
Analysis When England adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1752, some 170 years after it was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII, Benjamin Franklin wrote, “It is pleasant for an old man to be able to go to bed on Sept. 2, and not have to get up until Sept. 14.” Indeed, […]