I suppose we could fix it by moving the start of the year to March 1st. Start of spring makes more sense for the new year anyway.
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meliaesc@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoBlame the Caesars, Julius for July and Augustus for August.
VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Tbf, the calendar before them was even worse
roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
That’s a common misconception. For the Romans, the year used to start with March and only have ten months. January and February weren’t even named. Several calendar changes followed over the centuries. Adding two months. Moving the new year to January, which made September-December no longer 7-10. Adding random one off months to realign with the seasons. And a couple different tries at leap days.
This gives a quick overview.
zaphod@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
The Romans had twelve months and they even named January and February, it’s usually attributed to Numa Pompilius, second king of Rome sometime during his reign (715–672 BC) of the Roman Kingdom.
roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
All covered in the link. The addition of January and February and later moving the new year from March to January is the reason Sept-Dec are no longer the seventh-tenth months. Not July and August, which were renamings, not additions.