Happy New Year 2022: In the new year, people leave behind their old and bad memories and start a new one. Do you know that earlier New Year was not celebrated on 1st January. You will be surprised to know that earlier New Year was celebrated on 25 March and sometimes on 25 December.
- Earlier the new year was celebrated on 25 March
- From the year 1582, January 1 became the new year
- Changes took place in the Roman calendar
Happy New Year 2022: Tonight at 12 o’clock the year 2021 will end. After this the new year 2022 will start. From now on, people have started preparations for the new year. Talking about the year 2021, last year the corona epidemic eclipsed the celebration of the new year. Even now, the new variant of Corona, Omicron, has caused havoc all over the world. Even after this, people are ready to welcome the new year 2022.
- Earlier the new year was celebrated on 25th December.
In the new year, people leave behind their old and bad memories and start a new one. Do you know that earlier New Year was not celebrated on 1st January. You will be surprised to know that earlier New Year was celebrated on 25 March and sometimes on 25 December. The first recognition of January 1 as the new year was received on October 15, 1582.
Let us tell you that March has been named on Mars i.e. Mars. In Rome, Mars is considered the god of war. The calendar which was first created had only 10 months. Then there were 310 days in a year and a week of 8 days. King Numa Ponpilus of Rome was the first to change the Roman calendar. After this, January was considered the first month of the year in the Roman calendar. Whereas earlier March was considered as the first month of the year.
After this came a ruler in Rome, Julius Caesar. He got the Roman calendar changed again. He did 12 months in a year. Caesar made the calendar after meeting astronomers. In this meeting, he came to know that the Earth revolves around the Sun in 365 days and six hours. Because of this, he got a year of 365 days in a calendar.
- In 1582, the new year was celebrated on January 1
However, in the year 1582, Pope Gregory made a mistake regarding the leap year in the Julian calendar. Pope Gregory was advised by the then famous religious leader Saint Beed that there are 365 days, 5 hours and 46 seconds in a year. After this, a new calendar was made by making a big change in the Roman calendar and January 1 was considered as a new year.