1582 calendar: The Gregorian calendar as

The Gregorian calendar as it's known and used today gets its name from Pope Gregory XIII, who oversaw its creation and installment in 1582 . But the road to the implementation of the Gregorian calendar was a rocky one and meant that time had to be sacrificed, one way or another. The Julian calendar that was used prior to the Gregorian calendar in Europe had a small problem—the length of a year was off by a little over 11 minutes. As a result, the date of the spring equinox go slowly pushed back from March 21 to March 11. When Pope Gregory XIII instituted his calendar , he just dropped 10 days from October to account for it. Free 1582 yearly printable calendars in Word, Excel and PDF format. The blank and generic calendars have Sunday start and are easy to edit, customize, or print. Calendar for 1582 year Simple to use 1582 Calendar displaying months and dates in the year. First day of the week option allows to choose weeks Monday through Sunday which is commonly used in Europe and Asia. Or select calendar Sunday through Saturday that is used in most North and South America.