October

[Knotical]

Does anyone know why October ended up as the 10th month on our calendar instead of the 8th?

 

[stovebolts]

Does anyone know why October ended up as the 10th month on our calendar instead of the 8th?

Because it comes after September?

Here's one for you.
What has four letters, sometimes has nine letters and never five?

 

[HeIsRisen2018]

Because it comes after September?

Here's one for you.
What has four letters, sometimes has nine letters and never five?

*raises hand* Oh I know! I know! The answer is in the question I think. What has four letters,.. sometimes has nine,.. and never has five. Am I right?

 

[KevinK]

Does anyone know why October ended up as the 10th month on our calendar instead of the 8th?

"The eighth month in the old Roman calendar, October retained its name (from the Latin ôctō meaning "eight") after January and February were inserted into the calendar that had originally been created by the Romans."
Wikipedia October

 

[Knotical]

But why didn't we keep it as the 8th month when the change was implemented and have August in the 10th spot. Would have made more sense.

 

[KevinK]

Well, they probably had all their Gladiator calendars all printed up already.

 

[Free]

Does anyone know why October ended up as the 10th month on our calendar instead of the 8th?

December should have been tenth. Interesting question.

 

[Knotical]

Well, they probably had all their Gladiator calendars all printed up already.

Those must have been some old calendars, since to Roman empire had been dead and gone for centuries before they switched to the current calendar.

 

[jasonc]

Those must have been some old calendars, since to Roman empire had been dead and gone for centuries before they switched to the current calendar.

Julian calender was used until the Gregorian Calender which is what we have used since with one modification, the leap year.

 

[Knotical]

Julian calender was used until the Gregorian Calender which is what we have used since with one modification, the leap year.

There was more than just that. The start of the new year used to be April 1st, now it is January 1st. This is why the former is called April Fools.

 

[HeIsRisen2018]

I'm really sorry but the thing is that I don't really even get the whole entire point of this topic lol

 

[jasonc]

There was more than just that. The start of the new year used to be April 1st, now it is January 1st. This is why the former is called April Fools.

the janus God, that is where we get New years and it was celebrated on January 1st. roman tradition.

 

[HeIsRisen2018]

Yay!!! Stovebolts liked my comment so that must mean that I was right with my answer! Do I win a cookie? Lol

 

[for_his_glory]

Jewish month begins the new moon as they use a Lunar Calendar unlike our Gregorian Calendar. The Lunar Calendar started with Abid/March so count from March to October and October is the eight Lunar month.

1. Abid / Nisan...............March-April
2. Zif / Iyyar...................April-May
3. Sivan .........................May-June
4. Tammuz.....................June-July
5. Ab / Av.......................July -August
6. Elul............................ August-September
7. Ethanim Tishri..............September-October
8. Bul / Marheshvan / Heshvan.........October-November
9. Chisleu /Chislev / Kislev /.............November-December
10. Tebeth / Tevet....................December-January
11. Shebat / Shevat...................January-February
12. Adar....................................February-March

 

[Mockingbird]

There was more than just that. The start of the new year used to be April 1st, now it is January 1st. This is why the former is called April Fools.

The start of the year in England was March 25 from sometime in the high middle ages until 1752. It was never on April 1. But all through that period manuscript church calendars began with January, and in the later part of that period almanac-makers started their year with January.