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3102 BC Feb 18 |
The epoch (starting point or first day of the zeroth year) of the current era of Hindu calendar (both solar and lunisolar) is February 18, 3102 BCE in the proleptic Julian calendar or January 23, 3102 BCE in the proleptic Gregorian calendar. According to the Purāṇas this was the moment when Śrī Kṛṣṇa returned to his eternal abode. Both the solar and lunisolar calendars started on this date. After that, each year is labeled by the number of years elapsed since the epoch. Links: India, Calendar, HistoryBC 
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2698 BC |
The beginning of the Chinese calendar. Feb 19,1996 begins the Year of the Rat and the year 4694. [lunar year, date not valid] Links: China, Calendar, HistoryBC
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46 BC |
The Julian calendar was introduced by Julius Caesar (708 AUC). It was a reform of the Roman calendar and took effect January 1, 45 BC (709 AUC). Links: Romans, Calendar, HistoryBC
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45 BC Jan 1 |
The Julian calendar took effect. The year -45 has been called the "year of confusion," because in that year Julius Caesar inserted 90 days to bring the months of the Roman calendar back to their traditional place with respect to the seasons. This was Caesar's first step in replacing a calendar that had gone badly awry. Links: Romans, Calendar, HistoryBC
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44 BC |
The month of Quintilis was changed to Julius in honor of Julius Caesar. It had been the fifth month in the earliest calendar attributed to Romulus, which began with Martius and had 10 months. After a calendar reform that produced a 12-month year, Quintilis became the seventh month, but retained its name A bright comet was declared by the Romans to be the soul of Julius Caesar ascending to join the gods. Links: Romans, Calendar, HistoryBC
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500 |
The Catholic Church amended its calculation for the birth year of Jesus Christ. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church did not. This put the Ethiopian calendar seven years and eight months behind the Western calendar. Links: Vatican, Ethiopia, Calendar
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800 900 |
The Mayan site of Xultun (Guatemala) dated to about this time. It was discovered in 1912. In 2010 paintings were discovered at the site dating to this period. Figures were captioned as "Older Brother Obsidian," or "Senior Obsidian," and "Younger Brother Obsidian," or perhaps "Junior Obsidian." Links: Guatemala, Calendar, Maya
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1700 Jan 1 |
Russia replaced the Byzantine with the Julian calendar, which remained in effect until the adoption of the Gregorian calendar in 1918. Links: Russia, Calendar
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1864 |
Scottish author W.R. chambers published “Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the Calendar, Including Anecdote, Biography, & History, Curiosities of Literature and Oddities of Human Life and Character.” Links: Scotland, Writer, Calendar, Books
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1870 Jun 26 |
Christmas was made a federal holiday in the US. Links: USA, Calendar, Holiday
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1912 Apr 15 |
Kim Il Sung, North Korea's communist founder and leader (1948-1994), was born. In 1997 this date marked year one in the North Korean calendar. Links: North Korea, Calendar
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1957 |
Tthe Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory created a Modified Julian Date, which begins at midnight GMT Nov. 17, 1858. This made the day count considerably smaller and more manageable for early computers. Links: USA, Calendar
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1978 May 6 |
On this day at 12:34, the numbers 12345678 represented the time and day: 12:34 5/6/78. The next such sequence will occur in 2078. Links: Calendar, Time
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1986 |
Danny Hillis (b.1956), an American inventor, entrepreneur and author, began thinking and working on a 10,000 Year Clock. After some years Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com provided assistance and the clock began taking shape inside a mountain in West Texas. The first prototype of the clock began working on December 31, 1999. Links: USA, Technology, Calendar, Inventor
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1993 |
The Holocene calendar was first proposed by Italian-American scientist Cesare Emiliani (1922-1995). It is a year numbering system that adds exactly 10,000 years to the currently dominant AD (or CE) numbering scheme, placing its first year near the beginning of the Holocene geological epoch and the Neolithic Revolution. Links: USA, Calendar
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1994 Jun 21 |
Summer solstice. The official beginning of summer. Links: Calendar
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1996 Apr 14 |
The Islamic Year of 1403 began. Links: Calendar, Islam
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1997 Jan 23 |
The Age of Aquarius dawned at 12:56 p.m. Links: Calendar, Astrology
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1997 Feb 7 |
The first day of the Chinese New Year. The year of the rat ended and the year of the ox, 4695, began. Links: China, Calendar
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1998 Jan 27 |
The Chinese lunar year of 4696, the year of the tiger, began. According to ancient legend the count began when Buddha called all the animals of the world and promised to name a year after each one in exchange for eternal loyalty and obeisance. Only 12 answered the call in the following order: rat, ox, tiger, hare, dragon, serpent, horse, ram, monkey, rooster, dog, and bear. Links: China, Calendar
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1998 Sep 20 |
Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year began at sundown. Links: Jews, Calendar
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1998 Dec 21 |
The Winter Solstice. Links: Calendar
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1999 Feb 16 |
The Chinese Lunar New Year began the Year of the Rabbit. Links: China, Calendar
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1999 Mar 14 |
Pi day. Links: Calendar
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2000 Jan 1 |
The Jewish calendar year was 5760 and the new year scheduled for Sep 30. The Hindu year was 1921. The Chinese year was 4697 with the new year on Feb 5. The Muslim lunar year was 1420 with the new year on Apr 6. Links: Calendar
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2000 Jan 7 |
Some 200 million Orthodox Christians observed Christmas according to the old Julian calendar. Links: Calendar
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2000 Feb 5 |
The Chinese new year 4698. Links: China, Calendar
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2000 Apr 6 |
The Muslim new year 1421 began with the new moon. Links: Calendar, Islam
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2001 Jan 24 |
The Chinese lunar calendar marked this as the new year, 4699. Links: China, Vietnam, North Korea, South Korea, Calendar
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2001 Feb 24 |
Ugyen Thinley Dorje (15), the 17th Karmapa Lama, led prayers to mark the Tibetan year of the iron snake in northern India. Links: India, Tibet, Calendar
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2001 Mar 20 |
Now-Ruz, the traditional Afghan New Year, passed without fanfare. The holiday is also observed in Iran. Links: Iran, Calendar, Afghan
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2001 Oct 31 |
Halloween this year came with a blue moon, the 2nd full moon of the month. Links: Calendar, Moon
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2001 Nov 16 |
This was the 1st day of the annual month of Ramadan, the Islamic commemoration of God’s revelation of the Koran. Links: Calendar, Islam
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2002 Feb 12 13 |
The Chinese lunar calendar marked this as the new year, 4700, the Year of the Horse. Links: China, Calendar
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2002 Mar 21 |
In Diyarbakir, Turkey, thousands of Kurdish youths battled Turkish police after authorities banned the celebration of Nowruz, the Zoroastrian New Year. Links: Turkey, Calendar
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2002 Sep 6 |
Jews began Rosh Hashanah at sunset. This ended their year 5762 and began year 5763. Links: Jews, Calendar
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2003 Feb 1 |
The Lunar Chinese New Year 4701, the Year of the Ram, began. Links: China, Calendar
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2005 Feb 9 |
Ethnic Chinese communities across Asia celebrated the start of the lunar year 4703, the Year of the Rooster, with visits to crowded temples and family banquets. Links: China, Calendar
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2006 Jan 29 |
The Chinese New Year ushered in the year of the Dog. As many as 10 million dogs were slaughtered annually for food consumption in China. Fireworks explosions killed 36 people and injured hundreds more in China as traditional Lunar New Year celebrations led to much mayhem as well as joy across the nation. Links: China, Animal, Calendar
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2008 Apr 23 |
In Turkmenistan Pres. Berdymukhamedov abolished the calendar introduced by his late predecessor, Saparmurat Niyazov, who named months after himself and his parents as part of an elaborate personality cult. Links: Turkmenistan, Calendar
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2010 Feb 14 |
This day marked a new year according to the Chinese calendar, as it moved from the reign of the Ox to the year of the Tiger. The Chinese calendar is thought to have been formulated around 500 BC, though elements of it date back at least to the Shang Dynasty at around 1,000 BC. Links: China, Calendar, Holiday
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2010 Mar 31 |
In Spain flight attendant Adriana Ricardo said attendants owed up to nine months' wages by a grounded Spanish airline have posed nude for a calendar to draw attention to their plight. Air Comet, run by the embattled chairman of Spain's main employers' association CEOE, Gerardo Ferran, filed for administration in December after a British court impounded nine of its aircraft at the request of German bank HSH Nordbank. Links: Spain, Labor, Aviation, Calendar
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2010 Apr 4 |
A US-Russian space team sent their Easter greetings down to Earth after their Soyuz spacecraft docked flawlessly at the International Space Station. The rotating calendars of the Christian West and the Christian East agreed on the same date for Easter. Links: Russia, USA, NASA, Calendar, ISS
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2011 Dec 29 |
At midnight Samoa leaped to Dec 31 to align itself with trading partners in its South Pacific region. For the country’s 186,000 citizens, Dec 30 will simply not exist. Links: Calendar, Samoa
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2011 Dec 30 |
At midnight on Dec 29 Samoa leaped to Dec 31 to align itself with trading partners. For the country’s 186,000 citizens, Dec 30, 2011 will simply not exist. Links: Calendar, Samoa
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2012 May 18 |
It was reported that Saudi Arabia has banned all government and private agencies from using the Gregorian calendar in official dealings. The use the English language to answer calls or communicate, mainly in companies and hotels, has also been banned in an effort to preserve the Arabic language. Links: Saudi Arabia, Calendar, Language
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2012 Dec 9 |
Campaigners celebrated Int’l. Anti-Corruption Day. Links: Calendar, Corruption
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2015 Feb 18 |
The Chinese New Year holiday began today due to the insertion of a lunar leap month last year. Links: China, Calendar, Holiday
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2015 Feb 19 |
This marked the start of Mongolia’s Lunar new year: “Year of the Blue Ewe,” according to a 60-year calendar cycle paring five colors or elements with 12 animals in male and female forms. Links: Mongolia, Calendar, Holiday
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2015 Feb 20 |
California reached a settlement with a consortium of investors called California First LP and agreed to pay $24 million after halting the sale of 11 buildings to the group during the height of its fiscal crises in 2010. Links: USA, Calendar, Lawsuit, Real Estate
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2020 Sep 11 |
Ethiopians welcomed what many people around the world might like to see: the beginning of a new year. Following a calendar seven years behind the Gregorian one used by much of the world, Ethiopians marked the beginning of 2013. Links: Ethiopia, Calendar
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2021 Dec 7 |
A government circular said the UAE will shift to a working week of four and half days with a Saturday-Sunday weekend from the start of next year to better align its economy with global markets, but private companies will be free to choose their own working week. Links: UAE, Calendar
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