from the from 1700 through 1740 the eleven superfluous days would
be omitted and from in the meantime they would be in sync with nobody!) So 1700 (which should have been a leap year in
the Julian calendar) was not a leap year in years. This left the Gregorian world, so they decided to go back to the
Julian calendar. In order to do this, they inserted an extra day
in 1712, making that year a double leap year! So in 1712, February had 30 days
in Later, in 1753, days like everyone else. |