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Order to Revert

When
January 1711
Where
Bender (present-day Moldova)
Part of
Sweden's adoption of February 30

King Charles XII ordered the abandonment of the Swedish calendar and return to the Julian calendar.

Writing from his camp in Bender in January 1711, King Charles XII directed Sweden to abandon the isolated Swedish calendar and revert to the Julian calendar system.

Sources

  1. Swedish calendar Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-21

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