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> Using a Gregorian Date before the calendar was introduced is almost certainly an error.

It's just an extrapolation; using the calendar being used at the considered time would be meaningless for us, e.g. the short-lived french republican calendar [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Republican_calendar



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