Invented The Calendar. Learn the history of calendars & how they have been shaped by companies & society over time. The earliest calendars date back to the bronze age with civilisations in the near east region, such as the babylonians and persians, being among the first to record time by using natural cycles.
When julius caesar introduced his calendar in 45 b.c.e., he made 1 january the start of the year, and it was always the date on which the solar number and the golden number were incremented. The names of months of the modern day calendar have been derived from the roman.