Calendars were first made so that people could predict recurring events, such as planting and harvest times. In 45 BC, Julius Caesar ordered that the new year be celebrated on January first to ...
‘Tis the season again, and New Year’s resolutions are back in full force. Even though the motivation for change and new goals are sky-high toward the end of a year, particularly in December, most New ...
History.com details how New Year's resolutions came to fruition and evolved over thousands of years. 1 How long have people set New Year's resolutions? The ancient Babylonians are said to have been ...
Adam Kirsch on the people cheering for humanity’s end] In the mid-19th century, as astronomers were starting to understand the true nature of comets and meteors, writers began to imagine what might ...