By the 16th century the Julian calendar was not in sync with the solar calendar and it was decided Feb 1582, that it would need to be updated. The idea was met with some resistance, especially in "reformed" areas, which in the end caused those areas to require a larger change when they finally adapted. Some of Switzerland adapted a bit earlier than the U.S. and Britain (14 Sep 1752) while other adapted later. See the following:
Appenzell Outer Rhodes: 25 Dec 1798
Basel: 1 Jan 1701, 1793-1805
Bern: 1 Jan 1701
Geneva: 1 Jan 1701 (Catholic part), 1793-1805
Glarus: 1 Jan 1701 - 7 Apr 1798 (Catholic part)
Graubünden: complicated*.
Grüsch: 1812
Neuchatel: 1 Jan 1701 (Catholic part)
Schaffhausen: 1 Jan 1701
Schiers: 1812
St. Gallen (city): 1724
*In the mixed (Catholic/Reformed) communes the Catholics used the new calendar from the middle of the 17th century, but the Reformed members of the communes adopted it only from the middle of 18th century.
Wholly Reformed communes adopted the new calendar at various times between 1783 and 1812
Even as late as the 20th century some almanachs listed both dates. By this time ?corrected? January 1st was equivalent to ?old? December 19th.
Source: http://theswisscenter.org/swissroots/genealogy/index.aspx?Id=230
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