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When the calendar's were changed it was by 11 days not 376 days. It states that he was born in 1731 Old Style and 1732 New Style. There seems to be no debate that he was born on February 22 1732 New Style which means he was born on February 11 1732 Old Style, not 1731. 174.210.160.209 (talk) 03:54, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Talib1101 I don't know if you noticed but it looks like the camptonfamily converter is right but also sort of wrong. It apparently switches from mm/dd/yyyy to dd/mm/yyyy. However, the OP's proposed date of 02/11/1732 Old Style? That is completely wrong. - Shearonink (talk) 01:21, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
OK. For anyone coming upon this discussion, about the calendar change in dates & years - yes it is confusing - it's because 2 things happened:1)the date that the year started was actually changed from March 25th to January 1st and 2)the calendar was changed in Great Britain - England, Wales, Ireland, and the American colonies from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar.
The first paragraph in Wikipedia article Old Style and New Style dates explains the double change - of both certain datesand of years:
In England, Wales, Ireland and Britain's American colonies, there were two calendar changes, both in 1752. The first adjusted the start of a new year from 25 March (Lady Day, the Feast of the Annunciation) to 1 January, a change which Scotland had made in 1600. The second discarded the Julian calendar in favour of the Gregorian calendar, skipping 11 days in the month of September to do so.[1]
SO...the way that years were enumerated changed. Suddenly, the year didn't start on March 25th anymore, it now started on January 1st. Anyone born between January 1st and March 25th suddenly seemed to get a later year, and in our subject's case, 1731 became 1732.
AND, dates were shifted forward 11 days. February 11th Old Style became February 22nd New Style.
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