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the year 1751 is 282 days long in most british colonies and realms

for those who try to untruth me all years are in common era (CE)


this is because they thought that lady day or march 25 is the beginning of each year

in 1750 they passed to change the beginning of the year to January 1st

so dec 31 1751 is not followed by jan 1 1751 but by jan 1 1752, making the year 1751 282 days long

in september 1752 eleven days were skipped as the british changed the calendar to gregorian from julian


in scotland the year 1599 is 282 days long since this change was decreed by king james VI

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