Julian calendar

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Sources

1. BookThe Lives of the Caesars
2. BookAntony and Cleopatra

Relations

designed by:

• Sosigenes of Alexandria

  Pliny credits him with advising Caesar.

  Sources: Cleopatra: A Biography, Antony and Cleopatra

invented by:

• Julius Caesarsince 46 BCE O.S.

  Reform worked out with the astronomer Sosigenes.

  Sources: The Lives of the Caesars

Appears in10 items

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  Cleopatra: The Last Queen of Egypt1 item
  • The Julian calendar takes effect1 Jan 45 BCE O.S.
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  Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire1 item
  • Julian calendar takes effect1 Jan 45 BCE O.S.
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  The Enlightenment1 item
  • Britain skips eleven days2 Sep 1752 O.S.
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  The Industrial Revolution1 item
  • Britain’s last Julian day2 Sep 1752 O.S.
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  The Reformation2 items
  • Last day of the Julian calendar in Catholic Europe4 Oct 1582 O.S.
  • First day of the Gregorian calendar15 Oct 1582
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  The Russian Revolutions of 19171 item
  • Russia switches to the Gregorian calendar14 Feb 1918
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  The Scientific Revolution3 items
  • 
    Pope Gregory XIII signs the calendar bull24 Feb 1581/82 O.S.
  • Last day of the Julian calendar in Catholic Europe4 Oct 1582 O.S.
  • First day of the Gregorian calendar15 Oct 1582

Mentioned in3 items

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  The Reformation1 item
  • Gustavus Adolphus lands in Pomerania26 Jun 1630 O.S.
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  World War I2 items
  • Russia orders general mobilisation17 Jul 1914 O.S.
  • The Brusilov Offensive22 May 1916 O.S.