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Bacon believed that the Calendar of his time was out by 11 minutes every year, and that since 45 BC enough of those minutes had accumulated to put the Calendar out by ten days. Bacon worried, and rightfully so, that all religious functions were being celebrated on the wrong day. He pleaded to have the Calendar rectified. But it wasn’t until 1582 – almost 300 years after Bacon's death - that [[Pope Gregory XIII]] had his people draw up a new Calendar. Bacon's calculations were adopted for this newly rectified [[Gregorian Calendar]].  

Bacon believed that the Calendar of his time was out by 11 minutes every year, and that since 45 BC enough of those minutes had accumulated to put the Calendar out by ten days. Bacon worried, and rightfully so, that all religious functions were being celebrated on the wrong day. He pleaded to have the Calendar rectified. But it wasn’t until 1582 – almost 300 years after Bacon's death - that [[Pope Gregory XIII]] had his people draw up a new Calendar. Bacon's calculations were adopted for this newly rectified [[Gregorian Calendar]].  

Until 1752, [[Britain]] and all of its colonies including [[America]] were living by Bacon’s measurements.  

Until 1752, [[Britain]] and all of its colonies including [[Colonial America|America]] were living by Bacon’s measurements.  

<ref>''The first Scientist: A life of Roger Bacon'', Brian Clegg</ref>

<ref>''The first Scientist: A life of Roger Bacon'', Brian Clegg</ref>