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Nothing happened. 1752 marked the change from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar. In Britain the Gregorian calendar was not adopted until 1752, and the start of year date was changed to 1st January by the same Act of Parliament. The day following 31st December 1751 was decreed to be 1st January 1752 and 2nd September 1752 was followed by 14th September. As England had taken the year 1700 to be a leap year, the difference between the Julian and Gregorian calendars now amounted to eleven days. The changes were to apply to all the Dominions of the British Crown, including of course the North American colonies.

2007-03-18 00:12:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

You are talking about England and Wales, where the answer is 'nothing' because the calendar change meant a jump in dates. In scotland, quite a lot of ordinary things happened, because Scotland had had the Gregorian calendar since 1601.
'Give us back our eleven days,' people cried, but the only ones that got them were the Inland Revenue - tax year changed from end March to start April LOL.

2007-03-18 01:33:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

September 14 (Gregorian Calendar) - The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, making it necessary to skip eleven days (September 2 being followed directly by September 14 that year).

2007-03-17 21:53:24 · answer #3 · answered by jewle8417 5 · 0 0

Nothing...the 14TH was the day AFTER the 2ND.

2007-03-18 06:38:11 · answer #4 · answered by TotalShopaholic 2 · 0 0

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