The dates displayed on this site present the names of the months and the days of the week from around the world with an English-language perspective (sometimes with English translations) of the following linguistic areas: Bulgarian, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latin (New Style), Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish.
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As we look at calendars through the mists of myths, we should gain a better understanding of the complexities in setting up a time system that will satisfy the many religious, commercial, and secular desires and requirements that have been imposed on time keepers through out the ages.
The calendars listed below indicate many of the historical influences of mythological nomenclature that are used from the Norse names (gods and goddesses) for the days of the Germanic-language weeks and the Roman names (gods, goddesses, and feasts) for both the days of the weeks and the months of the Germanic and Latin-based months that are used in many of our modern calendars.For a general history, and a better understanding, of the calendar system used in English, you may want to visit this calendar summary before you go to the available months and years shown below.
Make sure you click on the blue links located at the top of the various English months for the years 2002 and 2001 so you can take advantage of all of the information that is available for each section. Pay special attention to the Latin names of each month, located at the top (in blue lettering), because this is where you will be linked to special illustrations and historical backgrounds.
Calendars of the World, A.D. 2002
Calendars of the World, A.D. 2003
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