What happened on the 10th of September 1752?

Answer 1

If you were to try to find out what happened in colonial America on September 10, 1752, you would discover that nothing at all happened. That is because there was no September 10 that year, or September 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12 or 13. You can blame all of this on the British Parliament and King George II, or you can blame it on Pope Gregory XIII.

Let’s start with Pope Gregory XIII, who was Pope from 1572 – 1585. During his reign the vernal equinox was falling on March 11 on the Julian calendar. This 10 day difference between the actual time of the tropical year and traditional time of year on which calendrical events occurred was because of the discrepancy between 365.25 days per year (Julian calendar assumption) and 365.242190 (the real approximate length of a year).

Pope Gregory XIII commissioned a group of scholars to correct the calendar. They came up with the remarkable solution that on three of every four turn-of-the-century years, there would be no leap year. This got the annual discrepancy down to an average of about 20 seconds, so the calendar could be accurate for the next 40,000 years. However, there was this little issue of 10 days.

The simple solution was a papal decree - the day after October 4, 1582 would be October 15, 1582. The switchover was bitterly opposed by much of the populace, who feared it was an attempt by landlords to cheat then out of a week and a half's rent. But the Pope’s decree still stood and most catholic countries adopted the Gregorian Calendar.

Great Britain was not a catholic country. Thanks to the protestant reformation and King Henry VIII’s desire to have a son no matter how many wives it took, papal decrees did not hold much weight in England. Queen Elizabeth I decided to stay with the Julian Calendar and that is how Great Britain and its colonies kept records for the next 180 years.

By the time George II was on the throne, the earth’s position and the Julian dates were causing enough problems that the issue came before the British Parliament. In 1751 Parliament passed the “Act for Regulating the Commencement of the Year; and for Correcting the Calendar now in Use,” George signed it into law, and the “Calendar Act” was implemented the following year.

By this time the Julian calendar was 11 days off, and it was decided that to make up the 11 days, the day after September 2 would be September 14, 1752. It appears that adopting the Gregorian Calendar and losing 11 days caused little disturbance, in Great Britain or its colonies. Parliament passed the act quietly and the only recorded incident was a William Hogarth print, which shows a mass demonstration through a window, with the protesters holding up a banner saying "give us back our 11 days."

In America, there were no recorded incidents for support or protestation. You might even say that in America, nothing happened.

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Answer 2

Nothing coz it never came. September 1752 was the month with whole of eleven days missing. This was the time England shifted from Roman Julian Calendar to the Gregorian calendar, and the king of England ordered those 11 days to be wiped off the face of the month of September of 1752. (What couldn't a King do in those days?!) And yes, the workers worked for 11 days less, but got paid for the entire 30 days. And that's how "Paid Leave" was born. so after 2 september the next date was 14 september. thats why there was no 10th of september 1752

Answer 3

The 3 September 1752 AD became 14 September 1752 AD
So the 10th September was a very peaceful day

Answer 4

September 10, 1752 Moravians Settled North Carolina.

On September 10, 1752 an expedition of Moravian men under the leadership of August Gottlieb Spangenberg set off from Edenton, North Carolina. They headed west at the invitation of John Carteret, the Earl of Granville, proprietor to much of the colony.

Answer 5

September 1752

Answer 6

There is nothing on specifically on September 5 1752. September 3–September 13 inclusive - These dates were omitted from the calendar in Britain as part of the adoption of the Gregorian calendar in the British Empire to correct the discrepancy between the Old Style and New Style dates.

Answer 7

The Gregorian Calendar replaced the Julian calendar and they omitted the 3rd to 13th September. This being so there was no such date as 10th September 1752

Answer 8

If you lived in a british state or colony, the day did not exist as the Adoption of the Gregorian Calendar when from sept 2 to sept 14 in 1752.

Answer 9

There was no Sept. 10 1752 because on Sept. 2 the British ended there use of the Julian calendar

Answer 10

In September 1752 the Julian calendar was replaced with the Gregorian calendar in Great Britain and in America..