Gregorian calendar
the reformed Julian calendar now in use, according to which the ordinary year consists of 365 days, and a leap year of 366 days occurs in every year whose number is exactly divisible by 4 except centenary years whose numbers are not exactly divisible by 400, such as 1700, 1800, and 1900.
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Footnote 517: Applying the Gregorian calendar, or "new style," it becomes the 21st.
The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) | John Fiske.A more important labour was his reformation of the Gregorian calendar, which even later mathematicians have deemed correct.
Amenities of Literature | Isaac DisraeliThrough it the Gregorian calendar was introduced into England, in 1752, against a violent religious opposition.
History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science | John William DraperHe introduced also the use of the Gregorian calendar, and gave great encouragement to the cultivation of letters.
The Valleys of Tirol | R. H. BuskThe corresponding day in the Gregorian calendar would be July 27.
An Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hieroglyphs | Sylvanus Griswold Morley
British Dictionary definitions for Gregorian calendar
the revision of the Julian calendar introduced in 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII and still in force, whereby the ordinary year is made to consist of 365 days and a leap year occurs in every year whose number is divisible by four, except those centenary years, such as 1900, whose numbers are not divisible by 400
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