<P> The Calendar ( New Style ) Act 1750 ( c. 23 ) ( also known as Chesterfield 's Act after Philip Stanhope , 4th Earl of Chesterfield ) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain . The Act had two parts : first , it reformed the calendar of England and the British Dominions so that the new legal year began on 1 January rather than 25 March ( Lady Day ) ; and , second , Great Britain and its Dominions adopted ( in effect ) the Gregorian calendar , as already used in most of western Europe . </P>
<P> The Calendar ( New Style ) Act 1750 ( c. 23 ) ( also known as Chesterfield 's Act after Philip Stanhope , 4th Earl of Chesterfield ) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain . The Act had two parts : first , it reformed the calendar of England and the British Dominions so that the new legal year began on 1 January rather than 25 March ( Lady Day ) ; and , second , Great Britain and its Dominions adopted ( in effect ) the Gregorian calendar , as already used in most of western Europe . </P>
when was the gregorian calendar introduced in england
when was the gregorian calendar introduced in england
1750
1750