Gregorian and Julian calendars - what are they, who uses them, which am I on?

 The calendar used in the UK and much of the world has an extra day every four years in February called a leap year.

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Julius Caesar bust in museum.

The Julian calendar is named after Julius Casesar.

CJuly is named after Julius caesar believed to have been born in that month (previous called the fifth month, after the year starting in march, march april may june july. So when the year moved back to January, July became the 7th month.

(In some calendars the months are given numbers, as are days of the week.)

Russian uses the old Julian calendar, so their Easter is later than that in the UK. In 2004 Easter Sunday is Sunday 1st March. But the Russian Easter is celebrated a week later, on Friday April 5th, with Easter Sunday on Sunday April 7th.

You can see busts of Julius Casar in the Vatican museum and the Napes National Museum of Archaeology in Italy.

Gregorian

The Gregorian calendar is named after pope gregary.  The calendar for easter was getting out of sync wwith the seasons. He changed the start of the year from spring to January 1st, (giving us new year' eve close following on Christmas in the UK, but not in Spain and nearby countries which celebrate on 2th night in January)

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