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Calendar.
Our present calendar is the creation of Julius Caesar, based on a slight error which in the course of 1,600 years amounted to ten days. Pope Gregory XIII.
rectified the calendar in 1582.
The Gregorian calendar was accepted ultimately by all civilized nations, with the exception of Russia, which still continues the use of the Julian Calendar.
Calhoun, John Caldwell
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jenkins , John Stilwell 1818 -1852 (search)
Jenkins, John Stilwell 1818-1852
Author; born in Albany, N. Y., Feb. 15, 1818; educated at Hamilton College, and began the practice of law in Weedsport, N. Y. His publications include Generals of the last War with Great Britain; a condensation of Hammond's History of New York; Life of Silas Wright; History of the Mexican War; Lives of the governors of New York; Lives of Jackson, Polk, and Calhoun, etc. He died in Weedsport, N. Y., Sept. 20, 1852.
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Quitman , John Anthony 1799 -1858 (search)
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