I believe Slawomir is mistaken in thinking that on the introduction of
the Gregorian calendar in 1582 Pope Gregory XIII removed 11 days from
the calendar; it was in fact 10 days.  By 1752, when Great Britain (and
the American colonies) tranferred from the Julian to the Gregorian
calendar the difference had drifted on a further day and eleven days
were removed in those countries, hence the cry:"Give us back our eleven
days".

Of course, some simple folk felt that eleven days of their lives had
been stolen and there are always people ready for a good punch-up
(Britain at that time was ruled by oligarchy tempered by riot) but the
real trouble was that the next quarter day, the day the rent was due,
was going to arrive eleven days early, a most unwelcome fact.

Frank
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Frank Evans

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