For Britons the end of the tax year looms on April 5th. Why such a seemingly random date?

Nigeria and the US shared public holidays like New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Christmas Day, and New Year's Eve, ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Europe. Followed categories will be added to My News. Indeed, not every pope has been the humble leader that the late Pope Francis clearly was. Through history ...

(Web Desk) - Social media users have been baffled to discover that the iPhone calendar is missing 10 days. The strange omission was spotted by a sharp-eyed iPhone user who found that the calendar ...

How Did the Egyptian Calendar Contribute to the Modern Calendar?   While some earlier civilizations had created calendars, the Egyptian calendar contributed heavily to the modern calendar. The ...

(Here’s why some people celebrate Christmas in January.) Pope Gregory XIII found the situation untenable, so his Gregorian calendar was unveiled in 1582—after another drastic adoption of time ...

Pope Leo XIII, who was pope from 1878-1903 ... Leo is among the most frequently taken names by a pope, with only Benedict, Gregory and John having been chosen more often. Of the 13 previous ...