October 4, 1582

Posted on October 4, 2019 by Joel Byers

October 4, 1582, was the last day that Italy, Spain, Portugal and Poland made use of the Julian calendar. The very next day, which would jump to October 15, 1582, the four countries adopted and began using the more solar accurate Gregorian calendar. Everybody who had a birthday falling from October 5 to October 15 had to celebrate on October 15. Also, people born before October 4, 1582 would tell the people born after October 15, 1582, that they would never know what it was like going to sleep sober and then waking up one day and it be ten days later.

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About Joel Byers

Born in North Georgia and educated at some very fine public institutions. Real education started after graduating from college and then getting married and raising two boys. Has the ability to see the funny and absurd in most things and will always remark on it, even if it means getting the stink-eye from his victims.
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One Response to October 4, 1582

  1. Drunk Commenter says:
    October 4, 2019 at 5:13 am

    I hat tobe the on etoo break it toy yo byt the lassrt line of this Twissts Historys is jus plane wrong!! That haoppen to me huntred times. Just lats night I fall sleep and wokkkeup a week late! it was terible… Wairt, you said SOBERR. Nevermin. For get I saisd any thing.

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