If 1894 was a leap year, then why was 1900 not a leap year?

First of all 1894 was not a leap year. 1896 was. 1900 was not. Contrary to popular belief,leap years do not always happen every four years. Read the following article to find out why. What Is a Leap Year? read more

This over compensation was calculated in way that every 100 years, there was an additional day added because of the leap year. To prevent this over compensation, every 100th year is not a leap year even though It is divisible by 4. So 1900, 1800 and 1700 were not leap years. read more

This is the reason why 1896 was a leap year but 1900 was not a leap year. In the Julian calendar 1900 was a leap year. Since every year divisible by 4 used to be a leap year in the Julian calendar, a Julian year averaged to 365.25 days. read more

Therefore, the years 1700, 1800, 1900 and 2100 are not leap years, but 1600, 2000, and 2400 are leap years. Background The Gregorian calendar year is intended to be of the same length as the cycle of the seasons. read more