The seven-day week dates back to the time of Moses and the origin of the Torah, including the "Ten Commandments". One of the Ten Commandments is to remember that every seventh day, the Sabbath, is a holy day on which no work may be done.
Despite the sacrilege of Emperor Constantine of Rome, proclaiming the first day of the week, the day of the sun god, to be the day of rest instead of the seventh day, thanks to calendars the cycles of seven days have endured in many places like an unbroken chain through time for over five millennia.
The calendar was technically first invented by the Ancient Egyptians.
Historians do not know who or when mankind invented the first calendar, probably early man when he first carved a notch into a stick or a bone which marked the passing of each full moon. Notched bones used to record moon phases have been found in Africa and Europe dating back to about 20,500 BC. There are many different calendars invented by different cultures to suit their needs. The mayans created a calender, but I believe the calendar we use is based off of the Romans. Some also believe that the Sumerians invented the 12-month calendar.
Properly speaking, there is no "English" calendar system. You probably mean the predominant Western Calendar (also called the Christian Calendar). This calendar system is best called the "Gregorian Calendar", after Pope Gregory XIII who introduced the calendar system in 1582.
The Julian calendar took effect for the first time in 45 B.C.
I think the main reason was to know when the times for planting and harvesting were approaching. Another big reason was knowing when to celebrate religious festivals.Calenders were invented to keep track of when it would get cold and when it was a good time to plant crops at first
The name of the person that invented the first calendar is not known. The first calendar was invented in Scotland.
The calendar was technically first invented by the Ancient Egyptians.
Egypt
In Calendaria, Babalonia.
Egyptians
in the nine hundreds
yes
George Washington invented the lunar calendar
The first lunar calendar was developed by ancient civilizations such as the Sumerians, Babylonians, and Egyptians. The Babylonians are credited with creating one of the earliest known lunar calendars, based on the cycles of the Moon's phases.
I think Mayas
It is not known who the people were that first invented the calendar. History shows that calendars date back to cave man days when the passing of each moon was carved into stone.
Nobody really knows who invented the first calendar, but they got their start in the late 1800's in Germany as religious calendars.