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To: SunkenCiv
Six and a half million Britons went to bed on September 2, 1752, and woke up on September 14.

Why Our Calendars Skipped 11 Days in 1752

24 posted on 03/10/2022 7:42:23 AM PST by SuperSonic (If I had a dog it would look like the one Obama ate!)
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To: SuperSonic

Also in Colonial America, and throughout the British Empire worldwide, and is why our Framers had two different birthdates. The adoption of the Gregorian calendar happened at different times in different places. In one of the Scandinavian countries (can’t remember which one) it was adopted once, then rescinded, then adopted with alterations, then the alterations got ironed out. It makes genealogy a bit challenging at times.

https://www.familytreemagazine.com/history/gregorian-calendar-adoption-map/


38 posted on 03/10/2022 7:53:24 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SuperSonic

A scene from the Ye Olde Mitre tavern, Holburn, London, Sept. 14, 1752:

“Checking out, sir?”
“Why, yes.”
“Very well. Here’s your bill.”
“Thank you. Wait, what? 5,724 shillings? I only got here yesterday!”
“That’s right sir, you checked in yesterday, Sept 2, and you’re checking out today, Sept 14.”


48 posted on 03/10/2022 8:13:13 AM PST by nicollo
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To: SuperSonic
Six and a half million Britons went to bed on September 2, 1752, and woke up on September 14.

There is also the change of which calendar day is the New Year's Day. Prior to 1752 it is March 25. Beginning in 1752 it is January 1. So be careful calculating age at death, for example, when the dates include first quarter dates before 1752.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year%27s_Day#Great_Britain_and_the_British_Empire

81 posted on 03/10/2022 8:58:34 AM PST by FarCenter
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