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Re: Hows a Leap Year?

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Mike Dworetsky wrote:
> 
> The Starmaker wrote:
> > The Starmaker wrote:
> >>
> >> Hows a Leap Year?
> >
> >
> > George Washington's Birthday, which was recorded originally as Feb.
> > 11, was later changed to Feb. 22 because of leap year.
> >
> >
> > i don't get it.
> 
> Because of ignorance.  See
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar
> 
> Washington was born in the British North American colonies at a time when
> Great Britain used the Julian Calendar.  The Catholic Church had reformed
> the calendar under Pope Gregory XIII to put the date of Easter back in the
> correct relationship with the Vernal Equinox.  This had drifted by 10 days
> because the length of the year was slightly incorrect.  The reform included
> removing 10 days from the year 1582.  It also made century years not
> divisible by 400 non-leap years.  Britain and its colonies did not change
> until after 1700 (in 1752) by which time the difference had accumulated to
> 11 days.  It also involved changing the official start of the year to
> January 1 from March 25.  Washington was born before the change took place,
> but retrospectively such dates have been changed in histories to the current
> Gregorian calendar.
> 
> Hence  Washington's Birthday is now usually given as February 22, 1732 but
> in the Old Style it was February 11, 1731.
> 
> 1700, 1800, and 1900 were not leap years, but 1600 and 2000 were.
> 
> --
> Mike Dworetsky
> 
> (Remove pants sp*mbl*ck to reply)


so is George Washington an Aquarius or a Pisces?


I mean...anybody born today on February 22, would be thought of being a
Pisces, but they are really born
on February 11, which would make them an Aquarius, right? I'm sooo mixed
up...wats my sign?

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    Re: Hows a Leap Year? Double-A <doublea333@gmail.com> - 2016-02-26 12:30 -0800
    Re: Hows a Leap Year? "Mike Dworetsky" <platinum198@pants.btinternet.com> - 2016-02-27 11:09 +0000
      Re: Hows a Leap Year? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-02-27 08:00 -0800
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