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Gregorian calendar

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The Gregorian calendar is the internationally takken ceevil calendar. It wis brocht in bi Pape Gregory XIII, wha its named efter, bi a decree pennit on the 24t o Februar 1582, a papal bull Inter gravissimas.[1] The Julian calendar is awmaist identical but the Julian calendar is o 11 meenits less.[2]

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  1. Dershowitz, Nachum; Reingold, Edward M. (2008). Calendrical calculations (3. ed., 1. publ ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-521-70238-6.
  2. "Julian calendar | History & Difference from Gregorian Calendar | Britannica". www.britannica.com (in Inglis). Retrieved 24 Mairch 2025.