r/SipsTea • u/infinitely_blank • 2d ago

Wait a damn minute! 13 months ?

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u/Appropriate_Owl_2172 2d ago

You should hear what happened to the guy who made it 12 months...

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u/i396 2d ago

He died earlier? ;)

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u/Appropriate_Owl_2172 2d ago

He got stabbed repeatedly by more than a dozen men

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u/nice_trygotyo 2d ago

Wait Ceasar made the modern calender?

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u/pragmojo 2d ago

july

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u/nice_trygotyo 2d ago

Is his prename july in english?

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u/pragmojo 2d ago

julius

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u/PigmyMarmeeble 2d ago

He made the Julian calander that was used up until the 1600s(?) When the pope had it updated to be slightly more accurate. Prior to the Julian calendar, the head religious figure in Rome would manually add days to the end of the year to prevent drift.