Gregorian calendar (Western)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Gregorian_calendar_(Western)

GPTKB entity

Statements (144)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:event
gptkbp:adoptedBy	gptkb:Italy gptkb:Poland gptkb:Portugal gptkb:Spain gptkb:Greece_in_1923 gptkb:Russia_in_1918 gptkb:United_Kingdom_in_1752
gptkbp:alternativeName	gptkb:New_Style_calendar Christian calendar Western calendar
gptkbp:differenceFromJulianCalendar	removes 3 leap years every 400 years
gptkbp:epoch	gptkb:Anno_Domini_(AD)_era
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Gregorian calendar (Western)
gptkbp:introduced	gptkb:Pope_Gregory_XIII
gptkbp:introducedIn	1582
gptkbp:ISOStandard	gptkb:ISO_8601
gptkbp:length	365 every year divisible by 4, except for years divisible by 100 unless also divisible by 400
gptkbp:monthHeld	12
gptkbp:mostCommonCalendar	worldwide
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:Pope_Gregory_XIII
gptkbp:numberOfDays	366
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Julian_calendar
gptkbp:purpose	to correct drift in the Julian calendar
gptkbp:usedBy	gptkb:Albania gptkb:Algeria gptkb:Angola gptkb:Argentina gptkb:Armenia gptkb:Australia gptkb:Austria gptkb:Azerbaijan gptkb:Bahrain gptkb:Belarus gptkb:Belgium gptkb:Bosnia_and_Herzegovina gptkb:Botswana gptkb:Brazil gptkb:Bulgaria gptkb:Cameroon gptkb:Canada gptkb:Chile gptkb:Croatia gptkb:Czech_Republic gptkb:Denmark gptkb:Egypt gptkb:Estonia gptkb:European_Union gptkb:Fiji gptkb:Finland gptkb:France gptkb:Georgia gptkb:Germany gptkb:Ghana gptkb:Hungary gptkb:Iceland gptkb:Indonesia gptkb:Iraq gptkb:Ireland gptkb:Israel gptkb:Italy gptkb:Ivory_Coast gptkb:Jordan gptkb:Kazakhstan gptkb:Kenya gptkb:Kuwait gptkb:Kyrgyzstan gptkb:Latvia gptkb:Lebanon gptkb:Libya gptkb:Lithuania gptkb:Macedonia gptkb:Madagascar gptkb:Malaysia gptkb:Mexico gptkb:Moldova gptkb:Mongolia gptkb:Montenegro gptkb:Morocco gptkb:Mozambique gptkb:Namibia gptkb:Netherlands gptkb:New_Zealand gptkb:Nigeria gptkb:Norway gptkb:Oman gptkb:Papua_New_Guinea gptkb:Philippines gptkb:Poland gptkb:Portugal gptkb:Qatar gptkb:Romania gptkb:Samoa gptkb:Senegal gptkb:Serbia gptkb:Singapore gptkb:Slovakia gptkb:Slovenia gptkb:Solomon_Islands gptkb:South_Africa gptkb:South_Korea gptkb:Spain gptkb:Sudan gptkb:Sweden gptkb:Switzerland gptkb:Syria gptkb:Tajikistan gptkb:Tanzania gptkb:Tonga gptkb:Tunisia gptkb:Turkey gptkb:Turkmenistan gptkb:Uganda gptkb:Ukraine gptkb:United_Arab_Emirates gptkb:United_States gptkb:Uzbekistan gptkb:Vanuatu gptkb:Yemen gptkb:Zambia gptkb:Zimbabwe gptkb:Afghanistan_(for_civil_purposes) gptkb:Bangladesh_(for_civil_purposes) gptkb:China_(for_civil_purposes) gptkb:Egypt_(for_civil_purposes) gptkb:Greece_(since_1923) gptkb:India_(for_civil_purposes) gptkb:Japan_(for_civil_purposes) gptkb:Nepal_(for_civil_purposes) gptkb:Pakistan_(for_civil_purposes) gptkb:Russia_(since_1918) gptkb:Saudi_Arabia_(for_civil_purposes) gptkb:Sri_Lanka_(for_civil_purposes) gptkb:Thailand_(for_civil_purposes) gptkb:Vietnam_(for_civil_purposes) Ethiopia (for international purposes) Iran (for international purposes)
gptkbp:usedFor	civil purposes Christian liturgical purposes
gptkbp:usedIn	most of the world
gptkbp:weekLength	7 days
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Easter
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4