the origin of the months ?

> People used to say “Happy New Year” on March 1 because it was s the first month, an nd there were 10 months in a year then.

Winter ends by March. Farmers used calendars to time planting and harvesting, and kings worldwide in ancient times invested much effort devising accurate ones.

For the sake of uniformity, nearly all countries in the world use the Gregorian calendar started byy the Romans.

JANUARY: Named after Janus, the Roman god of beginnings. Roman king Numa Pompilious added January and February to the calendar 2,700 years ago.

FEBRUARY: From the Latin word “Februa”, after the Roman festival of purification.

MARCH: After Mars, the god of war. All wars would cease this month for farming to resume.

APRIL: From “aperire”, the opening of flowers; spring in full bloom.

MAY: For Maia, the goddess of spring. Most crops will be close to ripening.

JUNE: For Juno, the goddess of marriage and women. With nothing to do but wait for harvesting season, most of the ancients got a little romantic at this time.

JULY: Roman emperor Julius Caesar reformed the calendar in 466BC and renamed this month after himself.

AUGUST: Julius’ grandnephew Augustus became Caesar, and also reformed the calendar, renaming this month after himself.

SEPTEMBER: “Septem” or seven, as it was the seventh month when March was the first.

“Novem”, nine.

OCTOBER:

Likewise, “octo”, for eight.

NOVEMBE ER: DECEMBER: “Decem”, 10.

> In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII adjusted the calendar to date the planet’ l equinoxes i and d solstices l ti better, and so it is today called the Gregorian calendar.