+------------+-----------+------------+------------+------------------+ | ENGLISH. | FRENCH. | ITALIAN. | SPANISH. | PORTUGUESE. | +------------+-----------+------------+------------+------------------+ | Sunday. | Dimanche. | Domenica. | Domingo. | Domingo. | | Monday. | Lundi. | Lunedi. | Luneo. | Secunda feira. | | Tuesday. | Mardi. | Marteti. | Martes. | Terca feira. | | Wednesday. | Mercredi | Mercoledi. | Miercoles. | Quarta feira. | | Thursday. | Jeudi. | Giovedi. | Jueves. | Quinta feira. | | Friday. | Vendredi. | Venerdi. | Viernes. | Sexta feira. | | Saturday. | Samedi. | Sabbato. | Sabado. | Sabbado. | +------------+-----------+------------+------------+------------------+ +------------+--------------+-------------+---------------+-----------+ | GERMAN. | ANGLO-SAXON. | ANCIENT | ANCIENT | DUTCH. | | | | FRISIAN. | NORTHMEN. | | +------------+--------------+-------------+---------------+-----------+ | Sonntag. | Sonnan daeg. | Sonna dei. | Sunnu dagr. | Zondag. | | Montag. | Monan daeg. | Mona dei. | Mana dagr. | Maandag. | | Dienstag. | Tives daeg. | Tys dei. | Tyrs dagr. | Dingsdag. | | Mitwoch. | Vodenes daeg. | Werns dei. | Odins dagr. | Woensdag. | | Donnerstag.| Thunores daeg.| Thunres dei.| Thors dagr. | Donderdag.| | Freitag. | Frige daeg. | Frigen dei. | Fria dagr. | Vrijdag. | | Samstag. | Soeternes | Sater dei. | Laugar dagr | Zaturdag. | | | daeg. | | (washing day)| | +------------+--------------+-------------+---------------+-----------+ The cycle which must be completed with the present calendar to bring the same day of the year to the same day of the week, is twenty-eight years, since there is one day over every ordinary year, and two every leap year; which will make an overlapping of days which, except at the centuries, will go through all the changes in twenty-eight times, which forms what is called the solar cycle. There is but one more point that will be interesting about the calendar, namely, the date from which we reckon our years.