The Mesoamerican Long Count Calendar, most famously used by the Maya civilisation, began.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
21st June 2019
The Mesoamerican Long Count Calendar, most famously used by the Maya civilisation, began.
By the 16th Century a sizable drift had developed between the Julian calendar, the lunar calendar, and the real moon which the new calendar sought to resolve.
The Islamic calendar was dated to start with the first new moon after the Prophet Muhammad and his followers migrated to Medina.
On the 21st April 753 BC, the ancient city of Rome was founded.
On the 4th October 1582, Pope Gregory XIII implemented the Gregorian calendar.
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