Le Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:20:44 +0100, Richard van Schaik
<f.m.a.vanschaikREMOVE@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> écrivait dans
soc.genealogy.french:
>Denis Beauregard wrote:
>
>> Les Anglais utilisaient le calendrier julien jusqu'en 1752. Dans leur
>> version, l'année débute le 1er mars et a un décalage de 10 jours
>> environ, selon le siècle.
>
> From about 1700 onwards there seems to be a gradual possibility that
>the date is in new style if I read soc.genealogy.britain correctly about
>this subject. Search terms are "messenger style" or "new style" within
>this british group.
It seems this message gives the explanation of the "mystery":
Ce message semble résoudre le "mystère":
http://groups.google.fr/group/soc.genealogy.britain/browse_thread/thread/e9f3a9327aec07bd/827d8dfac6de222f?hl=fr&lnk=gst&q=new+style+leap+year#827d8dfac6de222f
> and, assuming the year to begin on 1st January, the February in that
year
> had 29 days. In those places where the year was reckoned to begin
on
> 25th March the February which had 29 days was the February previous
to
> the 25th March on which the year was reckoned to begin. This meant
that
> all places had a 29th February together although their reckoning of
the
> AD year-number differed. For those places which started the year on
25th
> March one could calculate a year to be a leap year if and only if:
So, in some places, the Julian year begun the Jan. 1st and in other
the March 25th. But the leap year was always computer in regards of
Jan. 1st.
Donc, dans certains endroits, l'année julienne débutait bien le 1er
janvier et dans d'autres, le 25 mars. Le jour bis***tile est toujours
calculé en fonction du 1er janvier.
Denis
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