Tag: Date

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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.

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2nd November 1868: New Zealand becomes the first country to use standardised time

2nd November 2019
Tagged as: Britain, Date, Law, New Zealand, Railways, Telegraph, Time, Train

Prior to the adoption of universally accepted time zones, the vast majority of settlements around the world observed local mean solar time.

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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.