Author Topic: Question about dating events (Read 342 times)

skiguy · « **on:** March 30, 2012, 06:15:17 AM »

How do modern historians date events before the Gregorian calendar was used? If something happened on say Oct 2, 1308, are historians going by the Julian calendar date? Will/should a historian inform you as to what dating method is used?

scout1067 · « **Reply #1 on:** March 30, 2012, 10:07:04 AM »

As far as i understand it they use Gregorian dating conventions. There was not just the Julian calendar used previously, the Russians used there own calendar until the commies took over as well. The Muslims continue to use both Gregorian and the Muslim dating conventions.