It was not a leap year as a result of the second finest adjustment of the
Gregorian calendar where leap years are eliminated in centennial years not evenly divisible by 400 (Source: The Discoverers, Boorstin, page 9). As a result, the Julian calendar was 12 days behind the Gregorian until Wednesday,
February 28 (
O.S. February 16) and has been 13 days behind since Thursday,
March 1 (
O.S. February 17).