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Dates and calendars

Old Style, double dates, feast days and regnal years.

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Two pages of an almanac for December, with a day-by-day table of sunrise, sunset and moon phases
The December pages of Poor Richard's Almanac Improved for 1782.Unknown printer (Library of Congress), Public domain
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B7berSeptember (8ber, 9ber, 10ber: Oct. to Dec.)
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AAdventSeason before Christmas (four Sundays)AAscension DayThursday, 40th day of Easter
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CCalendar Act of 17501752 calendar change: 11 days droppedCCandlemasFebruary 2Ccivil yearThe legal year that began on March 25
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Ddouble datingWriting two years for a date before March 25
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EEasterSpring feast that fixes the moveable holy daysEEmber daysQuarterly sets of three fast days
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FFirst DayQuaker name for SundayFFirst MonthQuaker month number (March was first before 1752)FFortnightTwo weeks (fourteen days)
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GGregorian calendarThe modern calendar, from 1582 (1752 in Britain)
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HHallowmasNovember 1 (All Saints' Day)
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IIdes15th or 13th of the month (Roman)
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JJulian calendarThe calendar used in Britain until 1752
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KKalendsFirst day of the month (Roman)
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LLady DayMarch 25, the old New Year's DayLLammasAugust 1Lleap yearYear with an extra day (February 29)LLentFasting season before EasterLLow SundaySunday after Easter Sunday
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MMartinmasNovember 11MMichaelmasSeptember 29MMidsummer DayJune 24Mmoveable feastHoly day whose date changes with Easter
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NNew StyleA date in the new Gregorian calendarNNones7th or 5th of the month (Roman)
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OOld ChristmasJanuary 6 (Epiphany)OOld StyleA date in the old Julian calendarOOn or aboutApproximately on the date given
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PPalm SundaySunday before Easter
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Qquarter daysFour rent days: Lady Day, Midsummer, Michaelmas, Christmas
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Rregnal yearYear counted from the start of a reign
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SSabbathDay of rest (Sunday; Saturday for Jews)SShrove TuesdayDay before Lent begins (moves with Easter)
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TTrinity SundaySunday after Whitsunday (Pentecost)TTwelfth NightLast night of Christmastide (Jan. 5 or 6)TTwelvemonthA year (twelve months)
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WWhitsunPentecost, seventh Sunday after Easter