Old Style and New Style dates
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old-style-and-new-style-dates-169-2988905
title:
Old Style and New Style dates
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Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) indicate dating systems before and after a calendar change, respectively. Usually, they refer to the change from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar as enacted in various European countries between 1582 and 1923. In England, Wales, Ireland and Britain's American colonies, there were two calendar changes, both in 1752. The first adjusted the start of a new year from 25 March to 1 January, a change which Scotland had made in 1600. The second discarde
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Changes in calendar conventions from Julian to Gregorian dates
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates
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2004-08-09T20:41:06Z
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2024-08-31T09:13:56Z
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