Show the why of lep leip year the century years are not leap years unless they are evenly divisible by the year is biot not exactly r 65 days a and rid six hours it lacks lack 11 minutes min utes of it and this fraction makes serious trouble eventually when it is not taken into account the julian calendar was formulated on that theory as to the days precise length but pope gregory found in 1582 that according to the julian calendar which had bad been used up to that time the vernal equinox was 10 days out of the true reckoning 1 so 0 he struck out ten days in octo october oler 1582 and this emendation further provided that leap years should be omitted in the century years except those divisible by 4 aitho without ut reference ref prence to the ciphers the british parliament adopted the gregorian calendar in 1751 elinia cating 0 11 days of september the third day of that month being made the this amended reckoning will keep the adjust right for centuries and thi is the new style as distinguished from the old style of notation noia liou of time often seen in old books and occasionally even now when ilah in in russia or other countries that thai retain the julian calendar an alv named the difference now lie tween the styles is 12 days |