People are known to pull pranks on April 1st, but how did April Fools' Day begin and why? Here's all you need to know about ...

After consulting with scientific experts, in 46 B.C., he introduced the Julian calendar. In this calendar, Jan. 1 was established as the official first day of the new year. This coincides with the ...

“In the Julian Calendar, as in the Hindu calendar, the new year began with the spring equinox around April 1,” the History ...

This year is a year full of signs of Christian unity, even in the midst of great divisions and breaches in unity culturally and politically. Although Catholic and Protestant ...

“In the Julian Calendar, as in the Hindu calendar, the new year began with the spring equinox around April 1,” the History Channel says. “People who were slow to get the news or failed to recognize ...

That year, France changed its calendar system from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar. The Gregorian calendar, which is the system we now use, shows the new year as starting on January 1.

(French people can be stubborn.) April 1 is beginning of the new year according to the Julian calendar, and some people either didn’t know about the new calendar or didn’t like it, because ...

The origins of April Fools' Day dates back to the 16th century, and came about when France switched from the Julian calendar to the ... that the start of the new year had moved to January 1 ...

A calendar notation in which the date is represented by one number. For example, the Julian date for December 11, 1942 is 2430705; while December 12, 1942 is 2430706. The Julian date is widely ...

Previously, the French used the Julian calendar when each year began on the spring equinox, which usually fell near April 1. However, under the Gregorian calendar, the new year started Jan. 1.