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  2. Feb 25, 2024 · Jan 2. What is a leap year and why do we have them? What to know for 2024. Feb 1. Why do we celebrate Groundhog Day? Here's what to know about the history of the oddball winter holiday. Still...

  3. FACTS. The great year is a period of 24,000 years; 12,000 years ascending into a higher age, and 12,000 years descending into a lower age. The ancient Egyptians, Sumerians, Megalithic builders, Indians, and other ancient cultures knew it as the precession of the equinox. Just as the day is one spin of the Earth on its axis, and the year is one ...

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › 14001400 - Wikipedia

    Year 1400 was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The year 1400 was not a leap year in the Proleptic Gregorian calendar.

  5. As of the start of 1400, the Gregorian calendar was 8 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time. The year 1400 wasn't a leap year in the Proleptic Gregorian calendar.

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Leap_yearLeap year - Wikipedia

    Leap year. A leap year (also known as an intercalary year or bissextile year) is a calendar year that contains an additional day (or, in the case of a lunisolar calendar, a month) compared to a common year. The 366th day (or 13th month) is added to keep the calendar year synchronised with the astronomical year or seasonal year. [1]

  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Great_YearGreat Year - Wikipedia

    Great Year. The tilt of the Earth's polar axis remains constant but describes a circular path in space during a period known as The Great Year. The term Great Year has more than one major meaning. It is defined by scientific astronomy as "The period of one complete cycle of the equinoxes around the ecliptic, or about 25,800 years".

  8. A leap year is a year that does not have 365 days like a normal year, but 366 days. The additional day ("leap day") is the 29th of February. A leap year occurs only every four years (for exceptions see below).

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