Old Style 1752

This is the calendar for Old Style 1752, a leap year which began on 1 January, and dropped 3–13 September to transition to the Gregorian calendar. "The 1752 Calendar Change: The Julian Calendar to The Gregorian", www.cslib.org, 2011, webpage: cslib-Cal. Previously, the Old Style calendar in England (and related regions) had begun on 25 March and ended with the following March, on 24 March. Because the Gregorian calendar did not have leap day in 1700, the original 10-day difference in calendars had expanded to an 11-day difference, and to compensate, 2 September was followed by 14 September, as skipping 11 days beyond 3 September. Year 1753, in England (and related regions) followed the full Gregorian calendar. Note, below, the shortened length of September.

Year 1752Gregorian Calendar

Other nations, such as Russia and Sweden, continued to use the Julian calendar, in 1752. "Calendar in year 1752 (Russia)" (Julian calendar), webpage: J1752 (Russia and Romania continued using Julian system in 1752). Although the Swedish calendar had tried a gradual transition, beginning in 1700, to drop 11 leap days during 40 years, Sweden returned to the Julian calendar and finally adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1753. Other nations did not change to the Gregorian system until more than 150 years later. "Calendar in year 1919 (Russia)" (transition), webpage: J1919 (Romania used Julian in 1919, when Russia adopted Gregorian). There were many different transition plans used by various other nations (see: Gregorian calendar#Adoption).

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