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4:38 pm
May 28, 2013
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The date of Anne’s death is given as the 19th May. However, I don’t believe this translates to the 19th May in modern times. In the 16th century we were still using the Julian calendar. In 1752 we switched to the Gregorian calendar, which we still use today. In order to achieve the change 11 days had to be skipped; the date went from 2nd September to the 14th September. What this means is that dates in the old (Julian) calendar have to have a certain number of days added or subtracted in order to correspond to the modern year. For example, the Battle of Hastings took place on the 14th October 1066. Translated to our calendar, we must add 6 days, making the true corresponding anniversary date the 20th October, not the 14th. For dates in the 16th century we have to add 10 days, making the anniversary of Anne’s death the 29th May, not the 19th. A quick search on Google will find you some calculators for translating old-style (Julian) dates into our new-style (Gregorian) calendar.
10:48 pm
January 3, 2012
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If memory serves as well lybertyne there were not 12 months in a year either there were only 10. December being the last month and Dec is 10
Old Christmas day was the 6th of January and the new year wasn’t celebrating until March I believe. That would make sence as March was considered the time when new life sprung from the earth etc.
The Roman Calender was this
1.Martius – 31 Days
2.Aprilis – 30 Days
3.Maius – 31 Days
4.Iunius – 30 Days
5.Quintilis – 31 Days
6.Sextilis – 30 Days
7.September – 30 Days
8.October – 31 Days
9.November – 30 Days
10.December – 30 Days
It was Julius Ceaser in 45 BCE (before Common Era) who changed the year to 12 months, adding a few days to April and 1 extra day to Feburary once every 4 years (leap) and adding 2 more months on.
Semper Fidelis, quod sum quod
11:16 pm
Boleyn said
If memory serves as well lybertyne there were not 12 months in a year either there were only 10. December being the last month and Dec is 10
Old Christmas day was the 6th of January and the new year wasn’t celebrating until March I believe. That would make sence as March was considered the time when new life sprung from the earth etc.
The Roman Calender was this
1.Martius – 31 Days
2.Aprilis – 30 Days
3.Maius – 31 Days
4.Iunius – 30 Days
5.Quintilis – 31 Days
6.Sextilis – 30 Days
7.September – 30 Days
8.October – 31 Days
9.November – 30 Days
10.December – 30 DaysNo, there were always 12 months. Even the ancient Egyptians had twelve months. The old Roman calendar was adjusted by Julius Caesar to bring it back into line with the real calendar, but it wasn’t as far out as all that – it would have gone out by one whole year in 6 years if there were only 306 days. The Consuls were supposed to adjust the calendar each year, but they had not bothered for a long time. Julius did not add any months. Quintiliss had its name changed to Julius in his honour, because it was the month of his birth. Later after the death of Augustus Sextilis had its name changed to August in his honour, and because he couldn’t have fewer days than Julius a day was taken from February and added on to August.
