October 11 ns
September 28 os
We mark certain days of the year with ‘On This Day’ posts, recalling events associated with them.
Our events are grouped under two calendars. The Gregorian ‘New Style’ (NS) is the worldwide calendar first issued at Rome in 1582. On that calendar, today is October 11. The Julian ‘Old Style’ (OS), also issued at Rome but in 46 BC, was used in Roman Britain and then in England from Anglo-Saxon times until 1752. It is still used today by roughly 100 million Orthodox Christians worldwide. On that calendar, today is September 28.
Today
South African settlers of Dutch descent could not escape the march of the British Empire.
In 1881 and again in 1899, Britain was drawn into a conflict with settlers of Dutch descent in the South African Republic, also known as Transvaal, as her Empire continued to grow apace under the twin forces of colonial emigration and international trade - much to the chagrin of her colonial rival, Germany.
Posted October 30 2016
Today
By Divine providence, the shocking murder of Good King Wenceslas led to a flowering of Christian faith in Europe.
In the early 10th century, Bohemia (in today’s Czech Republic) had only just received the Christian gospel, and tribal paganism was still strong. Wenceslaus played a vital part in spreading light and reason into Europe’s superstitious dark ages — and so did his brother, who hated him and his religion alike.
Posted December 27 2016
The Calendar below shows the year on the Roman (Gregorian or ‘New Style’) Calendar for 2024. Click on any date to see the events we have marked for it.
Roman Easter 2024: Sunday March 31
Old English Easter 2024: Sunday May 5
Christmas 2024: Wednesday December 25
Old English Christmas 2024: Tuesday January 7, 2025
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