New Year
Videos
The New Year is the time or day at which a new calendar year begins and the calendar's year count increments by one. Many cultures celebrate the event in some manner. In the Gregorian calendar, the mo
New Year's Eve celebration in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2004)
Chinese New Year celebration with fireworks display at Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong, 2012
Baby New Year 1905 chases old 1904 into the history books in this cartoon by John T. McCutcheon.
A Happy New Year sign in northeastern China
Old Style and New Style indicate dating systems before and after a calendar change, respectively. Usually, they refer to the change from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar as enacted in var
New Year
…civil new year in England, Wales, Ireland and the Colonies to be January 1 (as was already the case in Scotland). It went into effect on 3 September (Old Style) or 14 September (New Style) 1752. A more unusual case is France, which observed the Northern autumn equinox day (usually September 22) as "New Year's…
Memorial plaque to John Etty in All Saints' Church, North Street, York, recording his date of death as "28 of Jan: 170+8/9"
Thomas Jefferson's tombstone. Written below the epitaph is "Born April 2. 1743. O.S. Died July 4. 1826."
Issue 9198 of The London Gazette, covering the calendar change in Great Britain. The issue spans the changeover; the date heading reads: "From Tuesday September 1, O.S. to Saturday September 16, N.S. 1752" (in fact 5 days).