HAVE A VERY VALOIS NEW YEAR—no REALLY!Francophiles and French historical fiction fans, when yo
HAVE A VERY VALOIS NEW YEAR—no REALLY!Francophiles and French historical fiction fans, when you raise your champagne glass tonight and shout, “HAPPY NEW YEAR,” you may want to toast the royal Valois family! It was under the reign of the Valois in France that the start of the year was moved from Holy Saturday (after Vespers) to January 1, the day on which we now customarily celebrate it.In August 1564 King Charles IX, son of Catherine de Médicis and Henri II, signed an Ordinance declaring that henceforth the year would begin on January 1st. The effective date of the proclamation was 1565, though in Paris the Parliament dragged its feet—only applying the change in 1567. Read more about the reign of Charles IX in my novel MEDICIS DAUGHTER. -- source link
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