46 BC, the year with 445 days.
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Interesting. But if I read correctly, the good thing is it was done after the fact.
PS I guess people have always complained or abused politics! LOL
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When the Gregorian calendar was instituted, people were outraged that they would live 14(?) days less.
@George-K 555
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Russia made the switch in 1918. So you see the ‘old style’ date next to the new on birthdates in Wiki (say Rachmaninoff)
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Not the month and day, but quite common for the year in Thailand to correspond to Buddhist calendar, which this year is B.E. 2568, equal to 2025.
Still seen in Taiwan, especially in government is the use of the year corresponding to the beginning of the Republic of China in year 1912, so it is year 87 this year.
BIrthdays still mostly follow the lunar calendar. When I was little, I did not know my "western" calendar birthday.
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