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About the Julian Calendar use in Europe in the 16th Century..?
I'm writing a story about Malta in the 16th century and I need to know if the Julian Calendar was being used in Malta (island in the Med. Sea..) in the second half of the 16th century (around 1560-70).
I found this on Wikipedia: 'The Julian calendar was in general use in Europe and Northern Africa from the times of the Roman Empire until 1582, when Pope Gregory XIII promulgated the Gregorian Calendar.'
Malta is in Europe, between Europe and Northern Africa to be precise, but I just want to be sure that the calendar was actually used in Malta..
And how was the Julian Calendar used.. how where the days counted and written down (as in months or so..)?
Thanks in advance to those who will be able to help me.. I know that this question is quite confusing :]
1 Answer
- Michael GLv 41 decade agoFavorite Answer
Yes, Malta was on the Julian calender. The calender was virtually the same as what we use today, same months etc. The change was that the Julian was slightly off because it did not have the leap year. The only other change is that the new year was celebrated at the beginning of spring. In fact in France, which was the first country to adopt the new calender, some people continued to celebrate a week long holiday for the new year. After a while, those people were know as April Fools. Also from that change, you will notice October means eight, November means nine and December means ten but they don't fall in the right spot in the calender unless you remember March use to be the first month.
By the way, when changing from Julian to Gregorian there had to be an adjustment of skipping 10 days to catch up to proper date
You might also notice George Washington sometimes is listed as 2 different dates of birth, because when he was born England was still on the Julian calender. (wasn't Malta under British rule then also?) Also the Russian October revolution happened in November for our calender, but Russia did not change calender till after the revolution
