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The business about the 1750s probably has something to do with the British doing their changeover from Julian to Gregorian calendars then, but you can't look too carefully at the details. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.16|108.162.219.16]] 18:51, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
 
The business about the 1750s probably has something to do with the British doing their changeover from Julian to Gregorian calendars then, but you can't look too carefully at the details. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.16|108.162.219.16]] 18:51, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
 
: Perhaps the "previously-unstudied history in the 1750s" refers to the eleven days that were simply removed when the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_(New_Style)_Act_1750 Calendar Act 1750] went into effect? [[User:Mr. I|Mr. I]] ([[User talk:Mr. I|talk]]) 00:23, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
 
: Perhaps the "previously-unstudied history in the 1750s" refers to the eleven days that were simply removed when the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_(New_Style)_Act_1750 Calendar Act 1750] went into effect? [[User:Mr. I|Mr. I]] ([[User talk:Mr. I|talk]]) 00:23, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
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:: This may even refer to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_time_hypothesis Phantom Time Hypothesis], a historical conspiracy theory proposed by German journalist H. Illig. That theory basically proposes that the 297 years between September 614 and August 911 were simply invented later. Maybe the History Department just recently discovered that the Phantom Time Hypothesis was indeed a conspiracy? That would amount to falling almost 300 years behind schedule.--[[Special:Contributions/162.158.91.161|162.158.91.161]] 10:07, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
 
  
 
I'm confused. Is there any joke apart from the obvious "haha, studying history by fully covering time slices instead of topics"? [[User:Fabian42|Fabian42]] ([[User talk:Fabian42|talk]]) 19:05, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
 
I'm confused. Is there any joke apart from the obvious "haha, studying history by fully covering time slices instead of topics"? [[User:Fabian42|Fabian42]] ([[User talk:Fabian42|talk]]) 19:05, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

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