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Dates recorded from 1582 to 1919 that crossed the two systems can be confusing to family history researchers. For 46 years Benjamin Franklin’s birth day was January 6, 1706. He was “reborn” to January 17th when the British Colonies adopted the Gregorian Calendar in 1752. | Dates recorded from 1582 to 1919 that crossed the two systems can be confusing to family history researchers. For 46 years Benjamin Franklin’s birth day was January 6, 1706. He was “reborn” to January 17th when the British Colonies adopted the Gregorian Calendar in 1752. | ||
A [http://www.searchforancestors.com/utility/gregorian.html chart] which shows when countries changed from Julian to Gregorian and a [http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/calendar/ converter] that translates dates from a variety of calendars are among the tools available to navigate through this maze. Interesting historical reading about how a monarch's reign influenced the English calendar is found in the article [[Regnal Years in England]]. | A [http://www.searchforancestors.com/utility/gregorian.html chart] which shows when countries changed from Julian to Gregorian and a [http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/calendar/ converter] that translates dates from a variety of calendars are among the tools available to navigate through this maze. Interesting historical reading about how a monarch's reign influenced the English calendar is found in the article [[Regnal Years in England]]. | ||
{| class="wikitable" {{prettytable}} | |||
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! Country || Start numbered year<br>on 1 January || Adoption of<br>Gregorian Calendar | |||
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| [[Denmark]] || Gradual change from<br>13th to 16th centuries<ref>Herluf Nielsen: ''Kronologi'' (2nd ed., Dansk Historisk Fællesforening, Copenhagen 1967), pp.48-50.</ref> || 1700 | |||
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| [[Republic of Venice|Venice]] || 1522 || 1582 | |||
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| [[Holy Roman Empire]] || 1544 || from 1583 | |||
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| [[Spain]] || 1556 || 1582 | |||
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| [[Portugal]] || 1556 || 1582 | |||
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| [[Prussia]] || 1559 || 1700 | |||
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| [[Sweden]] || 1559 || 1753 | |||
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| [[France]] || 1564<ref>[http://www.henk-reints.nl/cal/audette/cgfrance.html Le calendrier grégorien en France] </ref> || 1582 | |||
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| [[Southern Netherlands]] || 1576<ref>Per decree of 16 June 1575. Hermann Grotefend, "[http://www.manuscripta-mediaevalia.de/gaeste/grotefend/g_o.htm#Osteranfang Osteranfang]" (Easter beginning), ''[http://www.manuscripta-mediaevalia.de/gaeste/grotefend/grotefend.htm Zeitrechnung de Deutschen Mittelalters und der Neuzeit]'' (Chronology of the German Middle Ages and modern times) (1891-1898)</ref> || 1582 | |||
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| [[Lorraine (province)|Lorraine]] || 1579 || 1682 | |||
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| [[Dutch Republic]] || 1583 || from 1582 | |||
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| [[Scotland]] || 1600<ref name=Blackburn>Blackburn & Holford-Strevens (1999), p. 784.</ref><ref>John J. Bond, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=bzAWAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#PPR17,M1 Handy-book of rules and tables for verifying dates with the Christian era]'' Scottish decree on pp. xvii–xviii.</ref> | |||
|| 1752 | |||
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| [[Russia]] || 1700<ref>Roscoe Lamont, [http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1920PA.....28...18L The reform of the Julian calendar], ''Popular Astronomy'' '''28''' (1920) 18–32. Decree of Peter the Great is on pp.23–24.</ref>|| 1918 | |||
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| [[Tuscany]] || 1721 || 1750 | |||
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| [[Great Britain|Britain]] and<br>[[British Empire]]<br>except Scotland || 1752<ref name=Blackburn/> || 1752 | |||
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