1. Years, days, and months

2. Monday
Named for :
The moon.
Moon’s day.

3. Tuesday
Named for :
Tiw, the Norse
god of war.
Tiw’s day.

4. Wednesday Woden, Old English for the planet Mercury. Woden’s Day.
Named for :
Woden, Old English
for the planet Mercury.
Woden’s Day.

5. Thursday
Named for :
The Norse
thunder god, Thor.
Thor’s Day

6. Old English goddess, Frigg,
Friday
Named for :
Old English goddess, Frigg,
their version of Venus,
goddess of love.

7. Saturday
Named for :
Saturn.
Saturn’s day

8. Sunday
Named for :
The Sun

9. Calendars Roman calendar Julian calendar Gregorian calendar
10 months, lunar calendar
Julian calendar
45 BC, Julius Caesar;
12 months, solar calendar
Gregorian calendar
TODAY’s calendar;
Pope Gregory 13th, 1582
Small adjustments

10. Century years that are NOT divisible by 400.
Leap year
One day, added on Feb. 29th, every:
Four years (2016, 2020, 2024)
Except:
Century years that are NOT divisible by 400.
(2100, 2200, 2300 are NOT; 2000 and 2400 are)

11. January
Named for :
Roman god Janus (beginnings, endings, gates, transitions.
Looks forward and backward.)

12. A month of purification, Roman festival of Februa.
February
Named for :
A month of purification,
Roman festival of Februa.

13. March
Named for :
Roman god Mars,
war and agriculture

14. April
Named for :
Latin aprilis,
opening.

15. Greek goddess of Spring and fertility , Maya
Named for :
Greek goddess of Spring and fertility , Maya

16. Roman goddess of home and hearth, Juno
June
Named for :
Roman goddess of home and hearth, Juno

17. July
Named for :
Julius Caesar

18. August
Named for :
Augustus Caesar

19. 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th months in the Roman Calendar
September, October,
November, December
Named for :
7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th months
in the Roman Calendar