Earl of Chesterfield had introduced Gregorian Calendar!

If Gregorian Calendar is what interests you, then you must be aware that Earl of Chesterfield had introduced it in Britain and British Empire. The Gregorian calendar is the internationally accepted civil calendar. It was first proposed by the Calabrian doctor Aloysius Lilius, and decreed by Pope Gregory XIII, after whom the calendar was named, on 24 February 1582 by the papal bull Inter gravissimas. It was adopted later that year by a handful of countries, with other countries adopting it over the following centuries. Britain and the British Empire adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1752.

Gregorian Calendar is a reform of the Julian calendar. Gregory’s bull does not ordain any particular year-numbering system, but uses the Anno Domini system which counts years from the traditional Incarnation of Jesus, and which had spread throughout Europe during the Middle Ages. That is the same year-numbering system that is the de facto international standard today.

The 4th Earl of Chesterfield or Philip Dormer Stanhope, was a British statesman and man of letters. He was born in London, and educated at Cambridge and then went on the Grand Tour of the continent. The death of Anne and the accession of George I opened up a career for him and brought him back to England. (wiki)

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