1752 in UK and USA but earlier in many Catholic countries. Thus double 
dates are frequent given on edited documents e.g Jan 16 1627/8 where 
1627 is the modern calendar year. In England and its colonies calendar 
year previously began on Lady Day (March 25). Then of course there are 
accounting and regnal years..... I use the _Handbook of Dates for 
Students of English History_- must get latest edition as mine is in tatters.


paul courtney
Leicester
UK
geoff carver wrote:
> pursuant to the last query: Stukeley has a strange reference to "In Feb. 1727-28" in a letter published in Vol. 35 of the "Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society" - I wasn't sure if this represented vagueness on his part about the date "they" did some plowing, or (the idea I just had) that maybe the year began sometime in the middle of February back in the 1720s...?
> then i realised that Vol. 35 is dated "1727-1728," but published sometime after (i assume), so...
> curioser & curioser...
> anyone have any clever explanations?
>