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Originally Posted by issybird
Because of the wrinkle in the change from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar in the English-speaking world? I think it was December 31, 1750, which was followed by January 1, 1750. It didn't turn to 1751 until March, so there was a period from January 1 to mid-March where there were two for 1750.
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That worked the other way around. There are some dates that didn't happen in England.
* 3rd September 1752 to 13th September 1752 (inclusive) didn't happen. The day after the 2nd September 1752 was 14th September 1752.
* 1st January 1751 to 24th March 1751 didn't happen. 31st December 1751 was followed by 1st January 1752. The previous January was 1st January 1750.
In practice, the 25th March New Year had been declining in common use for years, and the 1752 change made the change official. (Scotland switched to 1st January for the new year in 1600!)
But there aren't any two days in England that had the date.