January


Today’s dates — the Roman Way: Ianuarius, A.U.C. 2754, A.D. 2001

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Ianuarius mensis
Ianuarius
January

At the time of Julius Caesar, Ianuarius had 29 days, but Caesar changed this to 31.


  Arabic     Roman     Roman     Anglo-Saxon     English  
  Day     Day     Week     Week     Week  
Numbers Names Days Days Days
         
1 Calends   dies lunae     monandaeg     Monday  
2   IV ad Nones   dies Martis   Tiwesdaeg   Tuesday
     first   quarter   moon
3   III ad Nones     dies Mercurii     Wodensdaeg     Wednesday  
4   Pridie Nones     dies Jovis     Thursdaeg     Thursday  
5   Nones     dies Veneris     Frigedaeg     Friday  
6   VIII ad Ides     dies Saturni     Saterndaeg     Saturday  
    waxing   gibbous   moon
7   VII ad Ides     dies solis     sunnandaeg     Sunday  
8   VI ad Ides     dies lunae     monandaeg     Monday  
9   V ad Ides     dies Martis     Tiwesdaeg     Tuesday  
    full   moon   
10   IV ad Ides     dies Mercurii     Wodensdaeg     Wednesday  
11   III ad Ides     dies Jovis     Thursdaeg     Thursday  
12   Pridie Ides     dies Veneris     Frigedaeg     Friday  
13   Ides     dies Saturni     Saterndaeg     Saturday  
    waning   gibbous   moon
14   XIX ad Feb. Cal.     dies solis     sunnandaeg     Sunday  
15   XVIII ad Feb. Cal.     dies lunae     monandaeg     Monday  
16   XVII ad Feb. Cal.     dies Martis     Tiwesdaeg     Tuesday  
    last   guarter   moon
17   XVI ad Feb. Cal.     dies Mercurii     Wodensdaeg     Wednesday  
18   XV ad Feb. Cal.     dies Jovis     Thursdaeg     Thursday  
19   XIV ad Feb. Cal.     dies Veneris     Frigedaeg     Friday  
20   XIII ad Feb. Cal.     dies Saturni     Saterndaeg     Saturday  
    waning   crescenct   moon
21   XII ad Feb. Cal.     dies solis     sunnandaeg     Sunday  
22   XI ad Feb. Cal.     dies lunae     monandaeg     Monday  
23   X ad Feb. Cal.     dies Martis     Tiwesdaeg     Tuesday  
24   IX ad Feb. Cal.     dies Mercurii     Wodensdaeg     Wednesday  
     new   moon  
25   VIII ad Feb. Cal.     dies Jovis     Thursdaeg     Thursday  
26   VII ad Feb. Cal.     dies Veneris     Frigedaeg     Friday  
27   VI ad Feb. Cal.     dies Saturni     Saterndaeg     Saturday  
28   V ad Feb. Cal.     dies solis     sunnandaeg     Sunday  
    waxing   crescent   moon
29   IV ad Feb. Cal.     dies lunae     monandaeg     Monday  
30   III ad Feb. Cal.     dies Martis     Tiwesdaeg     Tuesday  
31   Pridie Feb. Cal.     dies Mercurii     Wodensdaeg     Wednesday  


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January, 2001 February, 2001 March, 2001 April, 2001
May, 2001 June, 2001 July, 2001 August, 2001
September, 2001 October, 2001 November, 2001 December, 2001

You may also see the transitions of the Roman calendars from the first one to the latest version:

Six Roman Calendars, from King Romulus to Pope Gregory XIII



This link will return you to the lists of (2001) and (2002) months and years.

Whatsoever Time does, it undoes.

-Thomas Fuller



The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present;
The trouble with the present is that it keeps turning into the past and the future!

-Anonymous


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