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Thread #71838 Message #1232175
Posted By: Big Tim
23-Jul-04 - 09:46 AM
Thread Name: H'py Battle of Aughrim day - Ire & World
Subject: RE: H'py Battle of Aughrim day - Ire & World
Aughrim was 12 July 1691, old calendar: add on 10 days for equivalent modern date = 22 July.
Boyne fought on 1 July 1690, old calendar: equivalent modern date = 11 July. ("the 12th" is a miscalculation, should be the "11th", due to Rome, and Catholic southern Europe, adopting new calendar in 1582 and suspicious Protestant Britain not adopting the new calendar until 1752).