An Interesting History of
1752.
Here is an interesting
historical fact. Just have a
look at the calendar for the
month of September 1752. Go to Google type
"September 1752 calendar"
& see for yourself.
You will notice, 11 days are
simply missing from the
month. Here's the explanation: This
was the month during
which England shifted from
the Roman Julian Calendar
to the Gregorian Calendar.
A Julian year was 11 days longer than a Gregorian
year. So, the King of
England ordered 11 days to
be wiped off the face of
that particular month.
So, the workers worked for 11 days less that month,
but got paid for the whole
month. That's how the
concept of "paid leave" was
born. Hail the King!!!
In the Roman Julian Calendar, April used to be
the first month of the year;
but the Gregorian Calendar
observed January as the
first month. Even after
shifting to the Gregorian Calendar, many people
refused to give up old
traditions and continued
celebrating 1st April as the
New Year's Day. When
simple orders didn't work, the King finally issued a
royal dictum; which stated
that those who celebrated
1st April as the new year's
day would be labelled as
fools. From then on, 1st April
became April Fool's Day.
History is really interesting.

Nice info,I've learnt something on nairaland

Nice info,I've learnt something on new nairaland

Wow! What an eye- opener. So people just say "april fool" without knowing how it came about. Wow, i've added to my knowledge, Op, THANKS.

Nice!
Was on 1759 while reading the thread!