Brian Inglis said:
[OT: Note the date issued on the Julian Calendar: as it was not an O.S. leap year this was not the leap day; the year changed on Lady Day March 25 (O.S.); In England but not in Scotland, which had moved to the 1st January rule well before.
I meant well before 1752; I don't know when (or if they ever used the Lady Day convention).
Probably for continental commercial reasons regardless of religious considerations, while keeping an eye on the crown to free up down south.
Union of crowns was 1603; union of Parliaments was 1707.
It's my understanding that the insertion of 29th February was done on the basis of the Scottish system, not the English one, so there was a 29th February in 1743 and in 1747. Was there a different Julian/O.S. system in Scotland, and are there docs/refs?
I didn't make that clear, did I? My understanding (and, no, I don't have references) is that all of Europe had 29th February (whether the leap day is VI Kal.Mar. or 29th February is a notational matter and not relevant) in the same Februaries, so that the 29th February would be in 1743 and 1747 in England but in 1744 and 1748 in Scotland *but it's the same February*.
still observed as HM gov fiscal and taxation year end April 5 (N.S.) as they were not giving up 11 days of taxes in 1751/2!] Just 1752; that was the first year that England changed rule. So 1751 was only 278 days long in England (and had no January or February at all); February 29th 1752 existed throughout the Union.
You mean as January/February/March until 24th were still considered 1750 (O.S.)?
Yes.
Did the Empire change year numbering on January 1 from O.S. to N.S., prior to changing the calendar from Julian to Gregorian on September 14?
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