General History of the World, From the Earliest Times Until the Year 1831, Vol. 3 of 4
Author | : Charles Von Rotteck |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 2017-10-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780282710606 |
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Excerpt from General History of the World, From the Earliest Times Until the Year 1831, Vol. 3 of 4: Translated From the German, and Continued to 1840 AN event of great importance for chronology is the reformation of the calendar, effected in this period (1582) by pope Gregory XIII., whereby the progressing deviation of the Julian calendar from the correct reckoning of years was arrested, the equinoxes and solstices brought back to the days in which they had taken place in the year of Jesus Christ, 325, and every new deviation prevented for the longest future. The subjoined table will render the synchronism more clear to the eyes of the reader. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.