September 2nd...The Gregorian Calendar

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 80. This time we examine the year 1752 as the British adopt the Gregorian calendar..

 

Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

  

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Sources:

https://www.history.com/news/6-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-gregorian-calendar

https://www.britannica.com/science/Julian-calendar

https://www.britannica.com/science/solar-calendar

https://stevemorse.org/juliancalendar/julian.htm

https://www.britannica.com/story/ten-days-that-vanished-the-switch-to-the-gregorian-calendar

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Give-us-our-eleven-days/

http://www.adsb.co.uk/date_and_time/calendar_reform_1752/

 

Photo: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gregory_XIII