Westphalian calendar
| Today's date | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Fontainebleau 372 TA (27 April 2024) | |||
| Years in the Westphalian and Gregorian calendars | |||
| Westphalian | Gregorian | Westphalian | Gregorian |
| 1 BW | 1647-1648 | 300 TA | 1947-1948 |
| 0 TA[1] | 1648 | 352 TA | 1999-2000 |
| 1 TA | 1648-1649 | 371 TA | 2018-2019 |
| 10 TA | 1657-1658 | 372 TA | 2019-2020 |
| 50 TA | 1697-1698 | 373 TA | 2020-2021 |
| 100 TA | 1747-1748 | 380 TA | 2027-2028 |
| 200 TA | 1847-1847 | 400 TA | 2047-2048 |
| Calendar start in italics Current Westphalian year in boldface | |||
The Westphalian Calendar is a calendar used in the Noble Municipal Republic of Arkonia. It is based off of the significance of the ideas of Westphalian sovereignty. Introduced as an idea on 4 January 2020, it completed development on 11 April 2020. It has yet to be officially adopted by the Government, but it plans to be in active usage soon.
The current Westphalian year is 372 TA, which runs from 24 October 2019 to 23 October 2020. It is the third year of the "trisept", or thirty-seventh, decade, which began on 24 October 2017 and will end on 23 October 2027.
Dating system
The Westphalian calendar has it's epoch at the signing of the final two treaties associated with the Peace of Westphalia, the Treaty of Münster[2] and the Treaty of Osnabrück[3]. This concluded the end of the Peace of Westphalia. According to some principles of international law, the Peace of Westphalia was the beginning of the modern nation-state. Any nation, no matter the size, now had an equal right to sovereignity.[4] Due to this extraordinary impact, the signing of the final treaties that concluded the Peace of Westphalia was chosen as the epoch of the Westphalian calendar.
There is no year zero in the Westphalian calendar. However, the span over which the treaties and peaces that made up the Peace of Westphalia were signed (15 May - 24 October 1648) is sometimes called "year zero", even though it is technically part of year 1 BW.
There are two suffixes used in the Westphalian calendar: BW and TA, which stand for "Before Westphalia" and "Treaty Age" respectively. Although treaties certainly existed before Westphalia, they became much more common as means of ending conflicts after Westphalia.
See also
References
- ↑ Although there is no year zero in the Westphalian calendar, the time in wihich the Peace was signed(15 May(Vienna 25) - October 24(Wesphalia 1)) of the year 1648 is often termed "year zero", even though it is part of year 1 BW.
- ↑ "Digital German text Treaty of Münster". lwl.org. 25 March 2014.
- ↑ "Digital German text Treaty of Osnabrück". lwl.org. 25 March 2014.
- ↑ Simpson, Gerry (2006). Great Powers and Outlaw States: Unequal Sovereigns in the International Legal Order. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press. ISBN 9780521534901.