GREG OR I AN

Calendar is the calendar as reformed by Pope Gregory XIII. in 1582. The Julian Calendar, established by Julius Caesar in 46 B.C., had Guilds replaced the old Roman year of 10 months counting from March 1, by a new one of 12 months counting from January 1, and had reckoned for a leap year every fourth year, without excepting the centuries. Consequently, in the course of centuries the equinoxes got behind the nominal date and to correct this, Pope Gregory XIII. suppre ed; 10 days, restoring the Spring equinox to March 21. The G. C. was not adopted by Germany till 1700, and not by Britain till 1752, when the British Government decreed that the day after Sept. 2 should be called Sept. 14. This was called the New Style, or N.S., and it caused Guildhall, some serious riots, as ignorant people thought that