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Noun Concept
Categories: All articles needing additional references, 1582 establishments, 1582 establishments in Europe, Gregorian calendar, 1580s introductions
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Gregorian calendar  New Style calendar  Gregorian Calender  15 October 1582  Catholic calendar
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The solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752 WordNet 3.0
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The solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752 WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The Gregorian calendar is the calendar used in most parts of the world. Wikipedia
Internationally the most widely used civil calendar. It is named after Pope Gregory XIII, who introduced it in October 1582 Wikipedia Disambiguation
Most internationally accepted civil calendar Wikidata
The system of dates used by most of the world, decreed by and named after, Pope Gregory XIII in 1582. OmegaWiki
The calendar currently used in the western world. It replaced the Julian calendar and was devised to halt the slow drift of the vernal equinox towards earlier in the year. Wiktionary