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Julian
& Gregorian Calendar On the 31st
of March 1919, Romania changed its
calendar, from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar. As a
result, the
date on the following day became the 14th of April 1919. If you have a
Romanian document which has a date on it
prior to April 1919, the date which appears there refers to the date
according
to the Julian calendar. To convert
the date on a document issued in Romania
prior to April 1919 to the date according to the present Gregorian
calendar,
add 14 days. Thus, for example, a birth certificate dated 31st
July
1893 should
be
thought
of
as
issued
on
the
14th
August 1893.
This is
probably the reason that many 19th
and early 20th century immigrants who came from Eastern
Europe were
not certain of their date of birth. Please note
that the date change in the move from the
Julian to Gregorian calendar in Romania was not the same in all other
countries. These discrepancies may have also caused some confusion.
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