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Originally Posted by Quoth
England and Sweden (and places ruled by them) were two last users of the Julian Calendar: In the British Empire (including the American colonies), Wednesday 2 September 1752 was followed by Thursday 14 September 1752. For 12 years Sweden used a modified Julian calendar and adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1753.
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Well, there’s Russia, of course, where most of the country switched over on January 31, 1918; the following day was February 14. That’s why the October Revolution was actually in November, according to the ROW. The Russian Orthodox Church still uses the Julian calendar.