And the winner is…

Yesterday I asked if anyone knew why September, October, November and December are misnamed as far as the number their names represent is concerned.  Jamey sent me the answer…

Jamey Sharp on said:

Check out this history of the Roman calendar: http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/roman-calendar.html

These month names date to around 750BC, when there were ten months starting with March. January and February were added about 50 years later.

Placing new year’s celebrations around the beginning of April seems to date only to the middle ages, according to Wikipedia. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools’_Day)”

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