Julian-Gregorian calendar questions

[Jules Levin]

At 01:18 PM 4/3/02 -0500, you wrote:
>A seemingly simple question-- is the answer simple?
>
>  But here is my
>question, were the days of the week the same in the Russian Empire
>and Europe?  If, for example, October 18, 1905 (New Style) fell on a
>Wednesday, was October 5 (Old Style) also a Wednesday?

Since Jews and Moslems, using utterly different calendars, have the same
corresponding days of the week, we can assume that the days of the week did
not vary--only the calendar dates.




Jules F. Levin
Professor of Linguistics and Russian
University of California, Riverside
909-787 5007 X1220  JFLEVIN at UCRAC1.ucr.edu

        "There's no shame in being a pariah."
                                        --Marge Simpson

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