Indian Chronology (Solar, Lunar and Planetary): A Practical Guide to the Interpretation and Verification of Tithis, Nakshatras, Horoscopes and other Indian Time-records, B.C. 1 to A.D. 2000 c32.18

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This rule about century years was adopted, in most European countries (except Russia which still follows the Old Style) under the authority of a decree of Pope Gregory XIII, dated 1582, and in English speaking countries, under the authority of an Act of the British Parliament, dated 1752. It was ordered by the same Act of Parliament (in order to correct the principal error of the Old Style,) that the day following 2 September 1752 (Wednesday) should be called the "14 September 1752" (Thursday) not the "3 September" (Thursday). This is the famous "dropping of 11 days" by Act of Parliament. Wednesday, 2 September, A.D. 1752 was therefore the last day of the Old Style in English-speaking countries and Thursday, 14 September, A.D. 1752 is the first day of the English New Style.