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Old 02-18-2009, 10:52 AM   #181
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I believe that he was showing us the impact of switching from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar. Bravo, amnorix. Bravo!
February 17

1753. On this date the conversion of the Julian Calendar to the Gregorian takes effect in Sweden, resulting in the instant jump from February 17 to March 1 of that year. Therefore the dates February 18-28, 1753 never existed in Sweden.

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