Nick, This was not the case in Croatia, where the Gregorian calendar had been in use since 1912. And some sources claim that SHS did not adopt the Gregorian Calendar until 1923. Here is an interesting article from the net... straight from Beograd "What about Yugoslavia? Branislav Skrobonja (Beograd, Yugoslavia) (e9): In 1912 the situation on Balkan was as follows: There were five independent orthodox kingdoms in which the Julian Calendar were in force: Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia and Montenegro. Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina were part of Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, where Gregorian calendar was valid. Macedonia was part of the Turkish Empire where the official calendar was the Islamic calendar. A consequence of the wars during 1912/13 was that Macedonia, where orthodox inhabitants were dominant, became part of Kingdom of Serbia. That means that Julian calendar was now effective in Macedonia, too. First World War 1914-1918 One of results of that war was that Kingdoms of Serbia and Montenegro joined in one - Kingdom of Serbia, where Julian calendar was effective. The other two constituent countries, Slovenia and Croatia, departed from the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, and on 1st December 1918 GR these two with Kingdom of Serbia made Kingdom Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (SHS), which lasted till 1929 when it changed the name to Kingdom of Yugoslavia. That means that in Slovenia and Croatia Gregorian calendar was in force at the moment they have joined with Serbia. The Change Over in Yugoslavia The Kingdom of Yugoslavia got its name on 6 January 1929. Before that, it was known as Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenians, shortly Kingdom of SHS Kingdom (the name for Croats is Hrvati). As mentioned SHS was established on 1 December 1918, immediately after First World War. As in previous Kingdom of Serbia dates were reckoned according to the Julian Calendar (Old Style), but on 10 January 1919 the royal government of Kingdom of SHS issued a law that the last Old Style date was 14 January 1919 JU and the First Gregorian Day was 28 January 1919 GR. Julian calendar is still in force in the Serbian Orthodox Church. So actually the Julian calendar were only in use in the orthodox part, namely Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia. Due to the fact that in other parts, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina in practice was Gregorian, royal government had decided to uniformly use in whole territory Gregorian Calendar according to the law of 10 January 1919." Robert nharamija <nharamija@wowway.com> wrote: All are correct as there was a cast system aka King, Prince, and Lord also there was safety in numbers as the men were required to serve in the defense of the kingdom. There also were crafts in the cities with the needs of the King, Prince foremost and the best were transfer at the monarchy's whim for vanity or favor. By the way did you all know that "Yugoslavia" did not change from the Julian Calendar until March 4, 1919 and began the Gregorian Calendar at March 18,1919. All born before that date are12 days younger. I found a list of dates of versus countries. Nick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kurt McCrary" To: Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 9:45 AM Subject: Re: [CROATIA] Feudal system in Croatia ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CROATIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message To learn about my October 2007 Heritage and History tour of Croatia http://www.croatia-in-english.com/rj/jerin2007.pdf