Why is it that 1896 was a leap year but not 1900?

1900 was a leap year in the Julian calendar. The Russian Empire, for example, still used the Julian calendar in 1900 and they would have had a 29th of February that year. read more

According to the Gregorian calendar, which is the civil calendar in use today, years evenly divisible by 4 are leap years, with the exception of centurial years that are not evenly divisible by 400. Therefore, the years 1700, 1800, 1900 and 2100 are not leap years, but 1600, 2000, and 2400 are leap years. read more

We all know that February is a funny month -- every four years it has one extra day (February 29) instead of the normal 28 days. When February has 29 days, we call it a leap year. The year 2000 was a leap year. But 1900 was not. And neither 1800 nor 1700 were leap years. read more