On Sun, Jul 14, 2024 at 5:25 PM Marc Donner <marc.donner(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Note that the switch to the Gregorian calendar
happened at different times
in different countries. In Catholic-dominated countries it happened in
October of 1582. The English-speaking world, being Protestant-dominated,
waited until September of 1752 to adopt it.
And Russia didn't adopt the Gregorian calendar until 1918. IIRC the
Eastern
Orthodox churches still use the Julian calendar for scheduling
ecclesiastical events such as the date of Easter.
-Paul W.