Handy Book For Verifying Dates

Author : John James Bond
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN 13 : 9781230170442
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Handy-Book of Rules and Tables for Verifying Dates written by John James Bond and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 edition. Excerpt: ...The Gregorian, or New Style, was adapted In 1582, The day after Sunday, 9 December, was called Monday, 20 December, 1582. In Italy, --Milan, Rome, and great part of Italy, The year was reckoned from Christmas. In the 13th, 14th, and 15th cen-turies. In Itab', --Milan, Rome, and great part of Italy, The Gregorian, or New Style, was adopted In 1582, The day after Thursday, 4 October, was called Friday, 15 October, 1582. H In Tuscany, --Florence, The year was reckoned from 25 March to 24 March. From the 10th century. 1 January to 31 December. In 1751. known as the " era of Florence." In Venice, The year was reckoned from 1 March to the end of February ") for the Legal Year. I _, T T-i u r ) Before 11522. 1 January to 31 December, for J the Civil Year. J 1 January to 31 December, for the Civil and Legal Year. In 1522. In Savoy, The Gregorian, or New Style, was adopted In 1583. The day after Friday, 21 December, 1582, was called Saturday, 1 January, 1583. In Hungary, The Gregorian, or New Style, was adopted In 1587. In Sweden, The year was reckoned from 1 January to 31 December. In 1559. In Sweden, The Gregorian, or New Style, was adopted gradually After 1696. The King of Sweden, fearing that striking off ten days at once might prove prejudicial to commercial transactions, adopted the New Style gradually, by making no Leap-year after 1696 until 1744, by which plan 11 days were dropped. The eleven intermediate "fourth years" having thus only 365 days each, made the year 1744 the fame as other countries where the New Style had been adopted. In Denmark, The year was reckoned from Christmas, Before 1559. and sometimes from the Feast of St. Tiburce, 11 August, 1 January to 31 December. In 1559. In Denmark, The Gregorian, or...