[TUHS] When did "man cal" lose the comment about 1752?

[Marc Donner]

To be turbo pedantic, Russia adopted a different calendar in 1918.
Gregorian and Russian calendars will diverge in 4000 CE.
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On Mon, Jul 15, 2024 at 10:00 AM Paul Winalski <paul.winalski at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Sun, Jul 14, 2024 at 5:25 PM Marc Donner <marc.donner at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Note that the switch to the Gregorian calendar happened at different
>> times in different countries.  In Catholic-dominated countries it happened
>> in October of 1582.  The English-speaking world, being
>> Protestant-dominated, waited until September of 1752 to adopt it.
>>
>> And Russia didn't adopt the Gregorian calendar until 1918.  IIRC the
> Eastern Orthodox churches still use the Julian calendar for scheduling
> ecclesiastical events such as the date of Easter.
>
> -Paul W.
>
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