How Did Traditional Launching Point Of The New Year On January 01 Each Year Become Compulsory?

In today's globalized world, we effectively rely on the Gregorian Calendar to be truly in line with the rotation of Earth around the Sun. And for those of whom who are compelled to respect scheduled working hours of the planet to do business, more often than not, it is necessary to be up to date with every hour of time-lag over the 24 hours.

As of now, is that a big ask as to why does the year begin always the January 01? The most common equation behind this fact is linked to the '#Edit de Roussillon' under the rule of a king known as Charles IX of France, who on August 09, 1564 declared that January 01 to be the compulsory launching point of each year henceforth, which duly became a law on January 01, 1567.

In other words, the prevailing Julian Calendar so far reformed by Julius Caesar in 46 BC, which was in vigor over the Christian dominated Europe, the new year normally launched at the time of the spring equinox around the end of March and beginning of April each year, that coincided with the allegedly believed resurrection of Jesus Christ or the Easter time, became simply obsolete. Furthermore, toward 1582 a new Calendar called as Gregorian Calendar was promulgated by the Pope Gregory XIII (1572-1582) and the latter effectively replaced the former one.

It so happened that the conservatives wouldn't let go easily the usage of the Julian Calendar and the reformers were hard pressed to adjust themselves in accordance with the changes in circumstances by means of persuading those bien-pensants to change their points of view about launching the new year at the time of the spring equinox was a serious blind spot. As it was a tradition amid the Christians to eat mostly fish during the Easter week, the pranksters of the kingdom of France were very prompt to hook a caricature of fish on the back of the unfortunate guys, and then all used to shout out and ridicule them calling 'Poisson d'Avril' or fish of April. In that, the April 01 became the day of farce in the then kingdom of France, which is as yet a deep-rooted custom perpetuated by the denizens of this country every year without fail.

And, when both of them had their own world and it was as great, the then Brit moles in the kingdom of France found out this new French prank of April 01 was a good way to pull pranks, as you might have figured it out for yourselves. Which is why, they imported this farce into England by slightly morphing 'the Poisson d'Avril' into 'the April's fools day'.

For one thing, this practice spread from France to England and then to the former British colonies such as the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand et al. And this tradition snowballed all over the planet. Rightly so!?!