Handy-book of Rules and Tables for Verifying Dates with the Christian Era: Giving an Account of the Chief Eras, and Systems Used by Various Nations, &c, &cG. Bell & Sons, 1889 - 465 pages |
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... English legal year , as it was called , mistakes having been made by confusing that form of year with the Julian year commencing on the ift of January . There are not many historians who recognize the English legal system , and we are ...
... English legal year , as it was called , mistakes having been made by confusing that form of year with the Julian year commencing on the ift of January . There are not many historians who recognize the English legal system , and we are ...
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... English system , the next day being called the 25th of March , 1603 . While in Scotland , the date of the Acceffion of James to the English throne was 1603 , the Julian form of year having been ordered to be used in Scotland in the year ...
... English system , the next day being called the 25th of March , 1603 . While in Scotland , the date of the Acceffion of James to the English throne was 1603 , the Julian form of year having been ordered to be used in Scotland in the year ...
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... English Commonwealth , after the execution of Charles the First , has been affigned by fome hiftorians to the year 1649 ; while , according to the fyftem of writing dates then in use in England , it was 1648 , as is evidenced by the ...
... English Commonwealth , after the execution of Charles the First , has been affigned by fome hiftorians to the year 1649 ; while , according to the fyftem of writing dates then in use in England , it was 1648 , as is evidenced by the ...
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... English Calendar . The account given of the Golden Numbers , and the tables showing the change in the order of the numbers , with the different cycles , will ferve as a key to the cause of the confufion which has exifted concerning the ...
... English Calendar . The account given of the Golden Numbers , and the tables showing the change in the order of the numbers , with the different cycles , will ferve as a key to the cause of the confufion which has exifted concerning the ...
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... English Calendar . The account given of the Golden Numbers , and the tables fhowing the change in the order of the numbers , with the different cycles , will serve as a key to the cause of the confufion which has exifted concerning the ...
... English Calendar . The account given of the Golden Numbers , and the tables fhowing the change in the order of the numbers , with the different cycles , will serve as a key to the cause of the confufion which has exifted concerning the ...
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1st of January 25 March 31 days 31 December a. d. iij a. d. v Id a. d. vj Kal according adopted In 1583 Anno Domini April Auguft Cæfar cauſed Chriftian Chriſtmas Day commencement conf correfponding Cycle of 19 Dionyfian Cycle Dionyfius Dominical Letter Eafter Eafter-day England Engliſh faid feaſt feria firſt Friday Golden Number inclufive January to 31 Julian or Old July June Junias King Leap-year Lord Lunar Cycle Maias March to 24 Metonic Cycle Monday month moon Nifan October Old Style preſent Prid Proteftant reckoned reign Roman and Church Roman Calendar Rome Ruffia Saturday Sept September Style was adopted Sunday thoſe Thurs Thurſday Tues Tueſday uſed Vendémiaire viij vij Id Wedneſday Wedneſday 31 XIX a. d. XV a. d. XVII XVIII ΙΟ دو
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