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Chapter 3 HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION OF THE CALENDAR BY JULIUS C SAR.
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ear and the intercalary month, and regulated the civil year entirely by the Sun. With the advice and assistance of the astronomers, especially Sosigenes o
ear. An intercalary month of 23 days had already been added to February of the same year according to the old method, so that the first Julian year commenced with the first day of January, 45 years before Christ, and 709 from the foun
cided to give to January, March, May, July, September and November each thirty-one days; and the other months thirty, excepting February, whic
h bearing his name should have as many days as July, which was named in honor of his great-uncle, Julius. In order that three months of t
hat month. In the ancient Roman calendar the first day of every month was invariably called the calends. The 24th of February then was the 6th of the calends of March-Sexto calendas; the preceding, which was the a
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1 Chapter 1 DEFINITIONS.2 Chapter 2 HISTORY OF THE DIVISIONS OF TIME AND THE OLD ROMAN CALENDAR.3 Chapter 3 HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION OF THE CALENDAR BY JULIUS C SAR.4 Chapter 4 HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION OF THE JULIAN CALENDAR BY POPE GREGORY XIII.5 Chapter 5 ERRORS OF THE JULIAN CALENDAR.6 Chapter 6 ERRORS OF THE GREGORIAN CALENDAR.7 Chapter 7 DOMINICAL LETTER.8 Chapter 8 RULE FOR FINDING THE DOMINICAL LETTER.9 Chapter 9 RULE FOR FINDING THE DAY OF THE WEEK OF ANY GIVEN DATE, FOR BOTH OLD AND NEW STYLES.10 Chapter 10 A SIMPLE METHOD FOR FINDING THE DAY OF THE WEEK OF EVENTS WHICH OCCUR QUADRENNIALLY.11 Chapter 11 THE SOLAR CYCLE.12 Chapter 12 THE LUNAR CYCLE.13 Chapter 13 THE LUNAR CYCLE AND GOLDEN NUMBER.14 Chapter 14 CYCLE OF INDICTION, AND THE JULIAN PERIOD.15 Chapter 15 EASTER.16 Chapter 16 A NEW AND EASY METHOD OF FIXING THE DATE OF EASTER.17 Chapter 17 CHURCH FEASTS AND FASTS WHOSE DATE DEPEND ON THE DATE OF EASTER.18 Chapter 18 HEBREW CALENDAR.