March 15 once again marks the Ides of March, a date linked annually to doom and misfortune due to the assassination of Julius ...

The names of the days in Greek represent a historical shift, with Christian traditions deliberately overwriting the pagan calendar.

If January felt endless, February may be refreshing since it's only 28 days long. Thank the Romans for that oddity. Before the Gregorian calendar used today, Roman King Numa Pompilius (715-673 BC) set ...

Editor's note: An earlier version of this story ran in February 2025. It has been updated for 2026. If January felt endless, February may be refreshing since it's only 28 days long. Thank the Romans ...

It seems very strange, one month shorter than the rest, with only 28 days. And yet, no scientific law made it so. It appears February’s length comes mostly from old Roman habits and superstitions.

February's unique length on the modern-day calendar is derived from the Romans' alterations and superstitions while they were in power in Italy centuries ago. February has 28 days most years — ...

St. John Henry Newman, a British-born scholar who dedicated much of his life to the combination of faith and intellect at universities, is pictured in an undated portrait. In a decree published by the ...

The ancient Egyptian civil calendar, in use by around 3000 BCE, divided the year into 12 months of 30 days plus five extra days. Based on solar cycles and the flooding of the Nile, it influenced later ...

Our modern calendar is the Gregorian calendar, named for Pope Gregory XIII, who reformed it in 1582 to correct some errors in the older Julian calendar. The Julian calendar was named for Julius Caesar ...

The origins of the months’ names, as well as the calendar of 12 months totaling 365 days, lie in ancient history, several hundred years before the common era. Even now, over two and a half millennia ...