The Julian Date system, simply put, is a continuous count of days from a given start point. The start point selected was noon of January 1, 4713, B.C.E., since it was a time before written records.

In the Julian calendar, the new year began on March 25. So March 24, 1701 would be followed directly by March 25, 1702. The Gregorian calendar, as we know today, begins on January 1.

Julian Assange’s wife, Stella, is rarely one to be cryptic. “Day X is here,” she posted on the platform formerly known as Twitter. For those who have followed her remarks, her speeches, and ...

The day of the week represented by the numbers in a column depended on the year. For example, in the Julian calendar for 1716, the columns indicate dates of Tuesdays. November and March had Tuesdays ...