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Excerpt from Chronology, or the Historian's Companion: Being an Authentic Register of Events, From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Comprehending an Epitome of Universal History, With a Copious List of the Most Eminent Men in All Ages of the World The Gregorian year, or as it is vulgarly called, the new style, was immediately adopted in Spain, Portugal, and part of Italy. It was introduced into France in October of the same year, the tenth of which month was, by an ordinance of Henry hi. Reckoned the twentieth day. In Germany it was adopted by the Catholic States in 1583, but the Protestant States adhered to the old calendar until the year 1700. Den mark also adopted it about this period, and Sweden in 17 53. It was not used in England before 1752, when, by act of parliament, the style Was changed, and the third of Septem ber was reckoned the fourteenth, the difference having by this time increased to eleven days. Russia is the only country in Europe in which the old mode of reckoning is still in use. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.