In 1752, Great Britain skipped eleven days of history to fix its calendar
Citizens across the British Empire went to sleep on September 2 and woke up on September 14 as the government forcibly erased eleven days to align with the rest of Europe.
In 1752, Great Britain finally abandoned the Julian calendar in favor of the more accurate Gregorian system. Because the old calendar had drifted away from the solar year, officials had to skip eleven full days to synchronize with the seasons.
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