Swede Loc: Trail, BC Canada

Should we go back to this system- I think YES.

http://www.facebook.com/EndTheFed.Org/videos/1778671615726202/

Happy New Year to all.

Why is January 1st the start of a new year? I know I could Google it- just to lazy and it's just not that important just wondering.

One more that will get ya thinking, if you were born before Christ say 10 years, does that mean you have to wait till you're 29 to go to the PUB (here in BC it's nineteen- legally)!

Don't seem fair, and before Christ what year was it when you were born? Did the people back in 1150 bc know it was 1150 bc, what year was it to them?


Had a few

Swede

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Why do I believe you've had a few?

Jan 1 was picked by Julius Caesar when he put his new calendar into effect in 45 BC (708 to the Romans who numbered years from the founding of Rome at that time). His solar calendar of 365.25 days was much more accurate than the old Roman lunar calendar of 304 days in 10 months. But it was not quiet right as the year is a bit less than 365.25 days (by about 11 minutes) so by the 1500's the calendar was off by 10 days again and Pope Gregory set up a group to correct things and that one went into effect in 1582. Jan 1 has been new years day ever since. Oh, under the old Roman calendar New Years was in March. Julius added 67 days to the year 708 to get it to come out as Jan 1 for the first day of the next year. Why the change from March to Jan??? Because he could, he was the dictator. Actually it was to honor Janus, the Roman god of beginnings for whom the month is named.

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

Yes, a few too many. This is a Photo site, not a political or history site.

But...

... I'm OK with History posts as there is Photo history...

.... UHH'er robertjerl covered the Calendar question well for the Western culture Christian calendar. Though did not explain the change from the Roman Julian Calendar to our modern (1752) Gregorian. Other cultures have or have had their own. The Hebrew and Chinese calendars come to mind. They are far older too.

The Julian had too many Leap Years. So it was corrected in 1752.

In the UK and Colonies September 1752 was shortened by 11 days! Thus.

Sun*Mon*Tue*Wed*Thu*Fri*Sat
*********1***2**14**15**16
17**18**19**20**21**22**23
24**25**26**27**28**29**30

Ever wonder why George Washington has two different birthdays? Think about the above change from Julian to Gregorian and when that occurred and who lived then.

Harry_in_England

A few? I suspect you've had a lot.
When you're 'recovered', try a little reading. Start with Wikipedia (it's pretty good but don't assume it's absolutely accurate) and progress to other sources to confirm what you've just read.
The two biggest problems this planet faces are greed and stupidity - the greed of the wealthy - and the majority of people being stupid enough to let the greedy ones get ahead.
Whatever we have as a standard, be it gold, silver, oil or fresh air, there are people who will exploit it for their own benefit and a huge lot of other people who will let them.
That is why depression is such a common so-called 'mental illness'. In fact, depression is not the state of being ill - it is the state of seeing just how bad things have become.

happy sailor Loc: Ontario, Canada

LOL - methinks you need to have a few, hope 2017 is a little more cheery for you, things aren't bad, they are better than ever, get out and enjoy the world around you!

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

The Catholic Church and most Catholic Nations in Europe went to the Gregorian calendar in 1582. The British were a little slower to change. The whole Church of England vs Roman Church thing.

FrankR Loc: NYC

Swede, you gotta get out more.

ronr

Not in the rules to talk about photography in this section.