What happened on September 3, 1752?

Question

This is an interesting piece of trivia... I'm just curious to see if anyone gets it.

Answer 1

Britain submitted to the Gregorian calendar system in 1752 (although they called it the "Reformed calendar," so as not to acknowledge its popish provenance). To correct the creeping calendrical error, eleven days were eliminated, so that September 2 was followed immediately by September 14. Thus September 3, 1752 was one of the days that never happened -- at least for Britain and her colonies.

Answer 2

In September 1752 the Julian calendar was replaced with the Gregorian calendar in Great Britain and its American colonies. The Julian calendar was 11 days behind the Gregorian calendar, so 14 September got to follow 2 September on the day of the change. The result was that between 3 and 13 September, absolutely nothing happened!

Answer 3

On Sept. 3, 1752, the Julian calendar was replaced with the Gregorian calendar in Great Britain and its American colonies. The Julian calendar was 11 days behind the Gregorian calendar, so 14 September got to follow 2 September on the day of the change. Therefore, Sept 3-13 1752 did not exist!

Answer 4

September 1752

Answer 5

Nothing happened.....because there WAS no September 3rd in 1752.

Amazingly, I remembered this from school - which was over 35 years ago, but I had to double-check to see if senility had indeed set in. Whew... it hasn't yet.


During the Middle Ages, astronomers and mathematicians observed that the calendar year was not completely accurate with matching solar years. Errors in the Julian calendar were noted by church officials and scholars because church holidays did not occur in their appropriate seasons.

In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII (1502–85), who was pope from 1572 to 1585, and his astronomer and mathematician created a new, reformed calendar known as the Gregorian or New Style (N.S.) calendar. It was adopted first in Roman Catholic countries. Protestant countries adopted the calendar during the eighteenth century.

In order to make the calendar adjustment in 1582, ten days were eliminated from October. Thus 4 October 1582 was followed by 15 October 1582.

England and its American colonies did not adopt the reformed Gregorian calendar until 1752. Scotland adopted it earlier, celebrating the New Year on 1 January 1600 and subsequently on January 1st of each year. Interestingly, Alaska did not change from the Julian calendar to the New Style Gregorian calendar until 1867 because, up to that point, it was part of Russia.

In order to make the calendar adjustment, eleven days were dropped from the month of September 1752. An eleven-day adjustment in 1752 was needed because one more day had been lost since the calendar was changed in 1582. The year 1751 began on 25 March and ended on 31 December 1751. The first day of the year was now January 1st and the last day was December 31st—the calendar we use today. Thus, 2 September 1752 was followed by 14 September 1752. In this way, the Julian calendar added one day between 1582 and 1752.

Answer 6

For the people in England, this day never happened nor next 10 as England adopts Gregorian Calendar. People riot thinking the government stole 11 days of their lives.

The US also adopted the Gregorian Calendar and this becomes September 14, 1752.

Answer 7

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during 1752 parliament changed things including decreeing that Wednesday 2nd September 1752 be followed by Thursday 14th September 1752; skipping 11 days. This same act of parliament decreed that 31st December 1752 be followed by 1st January 1753. To this day we still change the year on January 1st. Taxes used to be paid on the first day of the year. This used to be March 25th. The city of London bankers were not going to pay their 1752 taxes early. When March 25th 1753 came they still regarded this as 11 days early so they eventually paid on April 5th 1753. The tax year still remains thus. Thus there was no January or February in 1752 nor was there much of March. The year 1752 started on March 25th, missed out September 3rd to September 13th inclusive and ended on December 31st. Thus the year 1752 in England only had 271 days and was not a leap year as it had no February!

Answer 8

The Liberty Bell arrives in Philadelphia

Answer 9

The modern day calender was first used.