Gregorian calendar

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Gregorian calendar

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Also known as Western calendar, Christian calendar, New Style, new Western calendar, new Christian calendar

internationally accepted civil calendar

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The Gregorian calendar is the internationally accepted system for tracking dates and organizing time in civil society across the world. It matters because it provides a common standard that allows people, businesses, and governments everywhere to coordinate schedules, make agreements, and communicate about when events occur.

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Instance of: interval scale
Has part: 1675
Named after: Gregory XIII
Image: Ewiger Kalender gregorianisch.png

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Commons category: Gregorian calendars
topic's main category: Category:Gregorian calendar
Stack Exchange tag: stackoverflow.com/tags/gregorian-calendar
Commons gallery: Gregorian calendar
described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
replaces: Tenpō calendar
main regulatory text: Inter gravissimas
inception: 1753-00-00

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