Following the British Calendar Act of 1751, Britain adopted the Gregorian Calendar in 1752. However, the current Julian calendar system required them to drop eleven days in order to sync themselves with the proposed Gregorian Calendar. So, on the evening of 2nd September 1752, the population of Britain and its American colonies went to sleep and awoke the next morning to 14th September 1752. The changeover is also responsible for New Year’s Day being celebrated on 1st January, as before then it had been celebrated on 26th March. As a result of Calendar Adjustment Day, there was rioting on the streets by those who felt cheated, and demanded the eleven days back. The changeover involved a number of different steps. To begin with, the 31st of December, 1750, was followed by the 1st of January, 1750. Previously, in the Old Style calendar, the 10th month was December and the 11th month was January. The next change involved the 24th of March, 1750, following the 25th of March, 1751. In the Old Style year, March 25 marked the beginning of the year. The next change involved the 31st of December, 1751, being followed by the 1st of January, 1752. In the Old Style calendar, as mentioned, the year started with the 25th of March. The other change was that the 2nd of September 1752 was followed by the 14th of September, 1752. This is were 11 days of the calendar were dropped. So, bin day must have been even more confusing back then
