| rdfs:comment
| - Old Style or OS is a designation indicating that a date conforms to the Julian calendar, formerly in use in many countries, rather than the Gregorian calendar, currently in use in most countries. "Old Style" (OS) and "New Style" (NS) are sometimes added to dates to identify which system is used in the British Empire and other countries that did not immediately change to the Gregorian calendar. In Britain it is usual to map most dates from the Julian year onto the Gregorian year without converting the day and month. However because the start of the Julian year was not always January 1 (see New Year's Day section in the Julian calendar article), OS/NS is particularly relevant for dates which fall between the start of the Gregorian year (January 1), and the start of the Julian year which was
- Old Style (or O.S.) and New Style (or N.S.) are used in English language historical studies either to indicate that the start of the Julian year has been adjusted to start on 1 January (NS) even though contemporary documents use a different start of year (OS); or to indicate that a date conforms to the Julian calendar (OS), formerly in use in many countries, rather than the Gregorian calendar (NS). The internationally used Latin cognates of O.S. are stili veteris or stilo vetere, abbreviated st.v. and translating as "(of) old style", and the respective cognates of N.S. are stili novi or stilo novo, abbreviated st.n. and translating as "(of) new style". Like the English speaking countries, other countries may use additional local language congnates like the German a.St. ("alten Stils" for O
|
| abstract
| - Old Style (or O.S.) and New Style (or N.S.) are used in English language historical studies either to indicate that the start of the Julian year has been adjusted to start on 1 January (NS) even though contemporary documents use a different start of year (OS); or to indicate that a date conforms to the Julian calendar (OS), formerly in use in many countries, rather than the Gregorian calendar (NS). The internationally used Latin cognates of O.S. are stili veteris or stilo vetere, abbreviated st.v. and translating as "(of) old style", and the respective cognates of N.S. are stili novi or stilo novo, abbreviated st.n. and translating as "(of) new style". Like the English speaking countries, other countries may use additional local language congnates like the German a.St. ("alten Stils" for O.S.). Also, parts of the Latin abbreviations may be capitalized, e.g. St.n. or St.N. for stili novi. The Gregorian calendar replaced the Julian in Catholic countries beginning in 1582. This change was also implemented in Protestant and Orthodox countries after a significant delay. In England and Wales, Ireland and the British colonies, the change of the start of the year and the change over from the Julian calendar occurred in 1752 via the Calendar (New Style) Act 1750. In Scotland, the legal start of the year had already been moved to 1 January (in 1600), but Scotland otherwise continued to use the Julian Calendar until 1752.Many cultures and countries now using the Gregorian calendar have different old styles of dating, depending on the type of calendar they used prior to the change.
- Old Style or OS is a designation indicating that a date conforms to the Julian calendar, formerly in use in many countries, rather than the Gregorian calendar, currently in use in most countries. "Old Style" (OS) and "New Style" (NS) are sometimes added to dates to identify which system is used in the British Empire and other countries that did not immediately change to the Gregorian calendar. In Britain it is usual to map most dates from the Julian year onto the Gregorian year without converting the day and month. However because the start of the Julian year was not always January 1 (see New Year's Day section in the Julian calendar article), OS/NS is particularly relevant for dates which fall between the start of the Gregorian year (January 1), and the start of the Julian year which was March 25 in England. Great Britain did not adopt the Gregorian calendar until September 14, 1752 and it was not until that year that England officially adopted January 1 as the start of the calendar year. For example, according to the English calendar of the day, King Charles I was executed on Tuesday January 30, 1648. This date is usually written in modern histories as January 30, 1649, showing merely the modernised end of year. In fact a full conversion of the date into the Gregorian calendar is February 9, 1649, the date by which his contemporaries in some parts of continental Europe would have recorded his execution.
|
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)