> Because the people thought the government was trying to cheat them out of 11 days of their lives, there were riots in villages. The following article goes in

> Because the people thought the government was trying to cheat them out of 11 days of their lives, there were riots in villages. The following article goes into more detail on this point: https://www.history.co.uk/article/the-calendar-riots-of-1752-when-britain-lost-11-days https://www.history.co.uk/article/the-calendar-riots-of-1752... Edit: It sounds like it's disputed whether or not these riots actually happened.