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In the year of??? Old Style vs New Style...
WITHOUT PREJUDICE
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In Britain and countries of the British Empire, Old Style or O.S. after a date means that the date is in the Julian calendar, in use in those countries until 1752; New Style or N.S. means that the date is in the Gregorian calendar, adopted on 14 September 1752 (New Style).
For example, it is sometimes remarked that William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes died on the same date, 23 April 1616, but not on the same day. England was still using Old Style dating in 1616, while Spain was using New Style. Cervantes actually died ten days before Shakespeare. [More... (geneology related)]
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In a nutshell, there are is this notion of "New Style" (i.e. Gregorian) and Old Style (O.S.) dates. Hopefully this is edifying and not confusing.
http://www.genfair.com/dates.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_Calendar
http://www.bio.umass.edu/biology/con.../calendar.html
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