Leap Year

Leap Year 2016
Click on the links to find out more.
What is a Leap Year?
Definition of a Leap Year
How do we know when it is a Leap Year? What is the rule?
Rules for Leap Year

What day is special to only a Leap Year?

Some history about Leap Year
Leap Year history
The Surprising history behind Leap Year (includes video)
Julius Caesar and Leap Year

Fun Facts
There are all kinds of leap day traditions and fun facts around this special day that comes every four years.

• 4 million people in the world are leap day babies
• Leap day babies are called leapers or leaplings
• There is a one in 1,461 chance of being a leap day baby
• Quite a few famous people were born on February 29th
• Every year divisible by 4 is a leap year
• But every year divisible by 100 is NOT a leap year
• Unless the year is also divisible by 400, then it is still a leap year.
• There will be 8 years between leap years 2096 and 2104
• Women often choose this day to propose marriage to men
• Getting married in a leap year is considered bad luck in Greece, so one in five engaged couples try to avoid it