Who invented days, weeks, months, years etc and when were they invented?

Answer 1

Don't know the full answer to your question. But I am pretty sure we used to have only 10 months. This is apparent if you study the Latin names of the months. September meaning 7th month, but it is actually the 9th month. October meaning the 8th month, but its the 10th month, and December meaning the 10th month, but it is the 12th month.

I think this was changed in Roman times to include July which is named after Julius, and August after Augustus. The other extra month would then be November but not sure of the origins of the name November.

Answer 2

the modern calendar we have is called the Gregorian calendar. It was developed by an Italian doctor in 1582, and was formally accepted by Pope Gregory XIII, which is how it got the name.
The Gregorian calendar is an updated version of the Julian calendar (named after Julius Caesar).
A month is the time it takes the moon to make one full trip around the earth. Since it takes about 28 days for this to happen, calendars used to have months that were all exactly four weeks long. This is called a Lunar Calendar. The Hebrew and Arabic calendars still work like this.
But the Romans started thinking of a better way to do it. A year in the sense that we know it is how long it takes the earth to make a full trip around the sun. This is important because of the seasons. With just a lunar calendar, the months don't always fall on the seasons like they are supposed to. So the Romans got the idea to add a few filler days here and there, to make the calendar 365 days.
As far as weeks were concerned, they have varied through history. In some cultures, a week was considered three or four days. It was just based on how long it took them to do things, and how many days off they wanted. For instance, if you had slaves working to build your empire, you'd want them to work for several days before they had a day off, so you set your weeks accordingly. In Hebrew and Christian cultures, a week is set as seven days because the Bible commands men to rest on the seventh day.
The names of our months were created by the Romans. August for a man names Caesar Augustus. April after the Latin word for springtime. And so forth.
The Italian doctor simply took the Roman calendar and tweaked it a little to make it perfect.

Answer 3

We know that some of the names for days were created by the vikings, named after their gods.
Thor - Thursday.
The months July and August were names after Julius and Augustus Ceaser who threw out the numerical order of the months. Septemeber had once been the seventh month hence sept and the same with october.
We also know that some of the earlier months were named after gods like Mars was March.
Not sure about the rest.

Answer 4

I'm pretty sure it was the romans. It used to be a 10 month year, then they added July and August, after Julius Caesar and Augustus someone (sorry, name doesn't come to mind) - anyway, short answer, Romans.

Answer 5

The Roman's I think. The calender was their thing. As for the time? Roman times! Not much help, sorry!

Answer 6

theyre not really inventions, but i get what youre tryin to say, and im not sure

Answer 7

one of the ancient cultures...but it had to be one of the european/asian cultures

Answer 8

father time.