Tag: Calendar

• Podcast

11th August 3114 BCE: Start of the Mesoamerican Long Count Calendar

• 11th August 2023
• Tagged as: America, Calendar, Mayan, Science, Time

The Mesoamerican Long Count Calendar, most famously used by the Maya civilisation, began.

• Podcast

4th October 1582: Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian calendar

• 4th October 2022
• Tagged as: Calendar, Catholicism, Date, Papacy, Pope, Pope Gregory XIII, Rome, Time

By the 16^th Century a sizable drift had developed between the Julian calendar, the lunar calendar, and the real moon which the new calendar sought to resolve.

• Podcast

16th July 622: Start date of the Islamic calendar

• 16th July 2021
• Tagged as: Arabia, Astronomy, Calendar, Date, Islam, Muslim, Religion, Science

The Islamic calendar was dated to start with the first new moon after the Prophet Muhammad and his followers migrated to Medina.

• Podcast

21st April 753 BC: Traditional date of the founding of Rome

• 21st April 2020
• Tagged as: Calendar, Italy, Roman Empire, Rome

On the 21^st April 753 BC, the ancient city of Rome was founded.

• Podcast

4th October 1582: Gregorian calendar introduced by Pope Gregory XIII

• 4th October 2019
• Tagged as: Astronomy, Calendar, Catholicism, Date, Religion, Science, Time

On the 4^th October 1582, Pope Gregory XIII implemented the Gregorian calendar.

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HistoryPod Live: Historical significance. How are events chosen for the daily podcast?

• 10th July 2017
• Tagged as: Calendar, historiography, Islam, Roman Empire, Romania

This extended edition of HistoryPod attempts to answer the most common question from listeners: how and why are certain events featured (or not) in the daily podcast?