Quaker Dates Gregorian and Julian Calendars Quaker Dates

 

Quaker Dating

Explanation of Dating system

By Jim Small

 

Gregorian versus Julian Calendars

 

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition copyright © 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Electronic version licensed from InfoSoft International, Inc. All rights reserved.

 

Julian calendar noun The solar calendar introduced by Julius Caesar in Rome in 46 B.C., having a year of 12 months and 365 days and a leap year of 366 days every fourth year. It was eventually replaced by the Gregorian calendar.

 

Gregorian calendar (grī-gōr“ź-en, -gor“-) noun The solar calendar in use throughout most of the world, sponsored by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 as a corrected version of the Julian calendar. This practice was in use until the middle 1700's, and Quaker records reflect their use in their records. When the conversion occurred many dates began using both systems, because it was unknown which the author was using, therefore, double dates appear for any date recorded between January and March for any year before 1753.
The difference in dating systems is listed below.

 

Julian Calendar 

January   1st month

February  2nd month

March     3rd month

April     4th month

May       5th month

June      6th month

July      7th month

August    8th month

September 9th month

October  10th month

November 11th month

December 12th month


 



Gregorian Calendar


March     1st month

April     2nd month

May       3rd month

June      4th month

July      5th month

August    6th month

September 7th month

October   8th month

November  9th month

December 10th month

January  11th month

February 12th month


If a date was listed in records as "5th month, 3rd day, 1754" 
it would be recorded at July 3rd, 1754


Or, if recorded as 3rd month, 3rd day, 1753, it would be read as
May 3, 1753/54


For a number of years both calendars were used, and many programs 
will record the year carrying both dates: 1722/23





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