The year 1800 wouldn't be a leap year under the Gregorian calendar because 18 is not a mutliple of 4. Would England have adopted the Gregorian calendar right from the start in 1582 then 1600 would have been the first centennial leap year. Did you know that by the same act of Parliament in 1751 the start of the year was changed from 25 March to 1 Januari, commencing in 1752 ?
At 16:03 15-11-99 -0700, you wrote: -----Original Message/Oorspronkelijk bericht-------------- >Wouldn't it be more accurate to say that the treatment of 1800 as a >normal year was a result of the Gregorian reform in England and her >colonies, but not the treatment of year 2000 as a leap year? Under >both Julian and Gregorian systems 2000 would be a leap year. > >Furthermore, the treatment of 1800 as a normal year was not the first >effect of the legislation. September 1752 was very interesting, as >demonstrated by the UNIX cal program > > % cal 9 1752 > September 1752 > S M Tu W Th F S > 1 2 14 15 16 > 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 > 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 > >Jim 40N45, 111W53 >=-= >Do not condemn the judgment of another because it differs from your >own. You may both be wrong. -- Dandemis > >Frank Evans wrote: >> Greetings fellow dialists and calendrists, >> >> A note about the millennium leap year that I recently came across in the >> journal History Today: When the next leap day arrives, on 29 February >> 2000, it will be, for Britain, the result of the adoption of the >> Gregorian calendar in 1752. By then most other European countries had >> already embraced the new calendar. The Act of Parliament which causes >> this first centenial leap year since then to take place was passed 248 >> years and 3 months ago. Is this the longest delayed action legislation >> ever? By the way, the 1752 Act also applied to the UK Colonies >> including America (no offence intended). >> >> Frank 55N 1W >> -- >> Frank Evans > ----------------------------------------------------------------- Thibaud Taudin-Chabot 52°18'19.85" North 04°51'09.45" East home email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (attachments max. 500kB; for larger attachments contact me first)
