Day-of-the-Week Calculator So, you're going to write a story in alternate history? And you need to know at which day of the week Napoleon died, but all you can find is the date?
Re: Day-of-the-Week Calculator Unless, of course, you want to know what day of the week something happened before ~1530, when the switch from Julian to Gregorian calendars happened. But that's just me being difficult! Nice tables, Firle.
Re: Day-of-the-Week Calculator Oh, I'm sure there are. Those silly astronomers need them (and historians too, I guess, but who cares about them!). Though at some point it'd get to be pretty much impossible, since different groups of people used totally different calendar systems...
For the record, anyone interested in a good, intriguing, non-technical history of the calendar and time-telling should check out this book:
"Calendar: Humanity's Epic Struggle to Determine a True and Accurate Year" by David Ewing Duncan
It's pretty cool... at least, if you're a geek like me! Also, it might give you some insight if you're going to write in a medieval-type (or earlier) society.
But that's just me being difficult! Nice tables, Firle.
-- YAR!