Because this is a leap year, the same date this year is actually about 3/4 of a day further along in the season than the same day last year. (In common years, the calendar runs about a 1/4 day slow per year, after three such years, it “leaps” ahead 3/4 (3/4 = 1 - 1/4) of a day, more or less keeping the calendar in sync with the seasons, long term.)
John Jacob Astor had a plan to straighten the axis of the earth (eliminate the tilt) . That would have pretty much taken care of things. Of course, the cost would be prohibitive now.