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Britain’s September 1752 jumped from the second to the fourteenth.

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New Style date on Cliffe memorial, Mathon, near to Mathon, Herefordshire, Great Britain. One of several monuments to members of the Cliffe family in Mathon church. This one has an interesting date. About two thirds of the way down it gives the date of Allen Cliffe's death as "Octr 10th 1752 New Style", which was just 26 days after the Gregorian calendar was adopted in Britain following the calendar (New Style) Act of 1750.
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Britain’s September 1752 jumped from the second to the fourteenth.

In Britain and its colonies, Wednesday, September 2, 1752, was followed by Thursday, September 14. The change aligned official dating with the Gregorian calendar already used in many European states.

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