I know when we were still under the Julian Calender in Colonial America, I think things were so skewed that spring began on March 10th or 11th. There is an interesting website, www.time.gov that goes into calendars and the like.
9 posted on 03/19/2005 7:42:20 PM PST by Nowhere Man
(I hope you enjoyed your dinner, Terri Schiavo can't. B-()