Numbers, please! Shortest month of the year – How February came to have 28 days
The modern calendar has Roman Catholic roots. As the sun does not adhere exactly to the earthly calendar, leap days are ...
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Why are there 28 days in February? Well, the Romans were a superstitious bunch
Prior to the Gregorian and even Julian calendars, Roman King Numa Pompilius (715-673 BC) set about creating a calendar with equal-length months, the University of Chicago said. "When Numa ...