Edict of Roussillon
The Édit of Roussillon is a edict of 1564 which makes begin the year in France on January 1st.
At the time of a voyage in various parts of his kingdom, the king of France Charles IX noted that according to the Diocèse S, the year began either with Christmas (with Lyon for example), or the March 25th (with Vienna for example), or on March 1st or with Easter, which caused confusions.
In order to standardize the year in all the kingdom, he added an article to a edict given to Paris in beginning January 1563 which he promulgated with Roussillon the August 9th 1564.
The 42 articles which composed this edict related to justice excluded the 4 last, additions at the time of the stay of the king with Roussillon.
Article 39 announces that the year would begin from now on on January 1st:
" Let us want and order that in all acts, registers, instruments, contracts, ordinances, édicts, as well licenses as missives, and any private escripture, the year starts doresénavant and is counted first day of this moys of January. Given to Roussillon, the neufiesme lour of aoust, the year of grace millet five sixty-four taxable quotas. And of our reign of quatriesme. Thus signed Roy in its Council " Sebastien of Aubespine .
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