Can someone help me understand/reconcile a date in a record in the Buzet,Croatia Church Records with
The research information obtained in 1959 shows triplets (Mattaeus, Antonius, and Joanna) born "28.X.1874". The birth date was assumed to be October(10th month), 28, 1874. However, the Church record shows the date as 28 Decembris 1874 (see image and url below) which I assume would be December 28, 1874 since I can see records for all of the 12 months. I know that there was a 10 month calendar at one time, but I understood the 10 month calendar was replace many years before 1874. Based on the information in the record, I assume the birth date was December 28, 1974 and that a mistake was made by the person doing the research of the records back in 1959. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Image #254 - entries 99, 100, 101 url: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G99X-5HH9?i=253&wc=9R28-449%3A391644801%2C392364901%2C392364902&cc=2040054
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Looking at the image, the triplets were clearly baptized (not born) on 28 December 1874. You can see in the triplets' records that the month is spelled "Decembris" which means: of December.
The month of December is sometimes abbreviated as: Xber, Xbris, Xbr, where the "X" represents the "Decem" in December.
That's most likely where the "X" came from in the 1959 research.
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To expand on Robert Seal's explanation: no, the use of X for December does not indicate the use of a 10-month calendar. Nobody has ever used such in recorded history, because the moon has always gone through roughly 12 cycles per solar cycle. What *has* changed is the date of the New Year: it used to be in March. In England, they were still using Lady Day (March 25th) to increment the year as late as the 1700s. This means that when the names of the months were established, December was the 10th month of the year, so both the name (based on Latin for "ten") and the abbreviation (using the Roman numeral X for 10) made perfect sense. Ditto for all of the fall months (based on the Latin words for seven, eight, and nine). When they moved the new year to January 1st, they didn't even try to change these well-established habits and usages.
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Thank you for the further explanation, Julia!
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