Leap Year

Instead of the customary 365 days, this year will have 366 days.

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Roman Emperor Julius Caesar noticed that the Roman calendar, based on a lunar calendar, had strayed from the correct seasons by about three months.

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Our modern-day calendar is based on the premise that it takes the Earth 365 days to complete its orbit around the Sun.

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In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII signed an order to rectify the issue. It stipulated that a leap year had to be divisible by both 100 and 400.

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To rectify the issue, he adopted the Egyptian calendar.

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