BRITAIN'S LEAP FORWARD: THE GREAT CALENDAR CHANGE OF 1752

Britain's Leap Forward: The Great Calendar Change of 1752

In seventeen fifty-two, Britain made a bold change to its calendar. For centuries, the nation had followed the Julian calendar, which was vastly out of sync with the true solar year. This discrepancy caused confusion and disagreement about the correct date. To fix this issue, Parliament implemented a groundbreaking reform: the adoption of the Grego

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The Atrocity on the Zong

In the belly of 1790, a horrific act took place aboard the slave ship Zong. Driven by greed, the ship's captain, {Lord Graeme|Captain Luke||], ordered that over 130 African captives be cast overboard. These horrors was not a random event, but a deliberate decision driven by a need to increase insurance payout for the lost slaves. All of these lif

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