The year 1 had 53 Saturdays; the year 2, 53 Sundays; the year 3, 53 Mondays, and the year 4, 53 Tuesdays and 53 Wednesdays, causing the year 5 to commence on Thursday, two days later in the week than the preceding year. Now what is true concerning the first four years of the era, is true concerning all the future years, and the reason for the divisions, additions and subtractions in finding the dominical letter is evident. The Declaration of Independence was signed July 4, 1776. On what day of the week did it occur? We have then 1776 / 4 = 444; 1776 + 444 = 2220; 2220 / 7 = 317, remainder 1. Then 7 - 1 = 6, therefore F and G are the dominical letters for 1776, G for January and February, and F for the rest of the year. Now reading from F to G, the letter for July, we have F Sunday, G Monday; hence July commenced on Monday, and the fourth was Thursday. On what day of the week did Lee surrender to Grant, which occurred on April 9th, 1865? We have then 1865 / 4 = 466+; 1865 + 466 = 2331; 2331 / 7 = 333, remainder 0. Then 1 - 0 = 1; therefore, A being the first letter, is dominical letter for 1865. Now reading from A to G, the letter for April, we have A Sunday, B Monday, C Tuesday, etc. Hence April commenced on Saturday, and the 9th was Sunday. Benjamin Harrison was inaugurated President of the United States on Monday, March 4, 1889. On what day of the week will the 4th of March fall in 1989? We have then 1989 / 4 = 497+; 1989 + 497 = 2486; 2486 / 7 = 355, remainder 1. Then 2 - 1 = 1; therefore, A being the first letter, is dominical letter for 1989. Now, reading from A to D, the letter for March, we have A Sunday, B Monday, C Tuesday, and D Wednesday; hence March will commence on Wednesday, and the 4th will fall on Saturday. Columbus landed on the island of San Salvador on Friday, October 12, 1492. On what day of the month and on what day of the week will the four hundredth anniversary fall in 1892? The day of the month on which Columbus landed is, of course, the day to be observed in commemoration of that event. The Julian calendar, which was then in use throughout Europe, and the very best that had ever been given to the world, made the year too long by more than eleven minutes. Those eleven minutes a year had accumulated, from the council of Nice, in 325, to the discovery of America, in 1492, to nine days, so that the civil year was nine days behind the true or solar time; that is, when the Earth, in her annual revolution, had arrived at that point of the ecliptic coinciding with the 21st of October, the civil year, according to the Julian calendar, was the 12th.