Chronologies and Calendars/Index

by James C. MacDonald

Index.

(The Numbers Refer to the Sections.)

Aboriginal reckonings—explanations of native reckonings	8
Acts of English Parliament—how early ones dated	73
Actium, Era of—how it originated	47
Acton's, Lord, views on historical documents	7
Advent, Date of, from recent astronomy	110
Advent—Dionysius's mistake in fixing same	23
A. D. and A. H. compared—the retrogression in A. H.	59
Age of the earth—the great divergences in opinions	30
Ages, Dark—period thereof explained	48
Almanacs, the Clog—early specimens, where found	139
Amiens, Louisian era invented at, in 1683	56
Anglo-Saxon literature. Earliest	72
Annual epact—meaning of this phrase	50
Annus Magnus—definition of same	49
Argyle's definition of chronology, Reference to	32
Artifices in chronology of B.C.—pontiffs in Rome, Effects of	18
Asiatic Indian—how he reckoned time	9
Assyrian dates, their remoteness	12
Astronomy in chronology—the independence, not the interdependence, of Astronomy	115
Astronomy—some ancient and unique opinions	6
A.U.C., the era of Rome, Dubiety as to the	17
Augustan age in various countries	48
Augustus, Era of, and the Roman emperors	47
Autographs, regal, first in England; Dates of	73
Babylon, Eras at	112
Ball, Sir Robert—his views on ancient researches	109
Bailly's calculation of a lost date	112
Bank of France—curious date of incorporation	106
Beltane—meaning of term and date	72
Benedictines' powers for chronological progress	23
Bengali reckoning in India	101
Biblical chronologies—growth of same	36
Biologists' views of A.M.—great antiquity claimed	32
Bissextile centuries—how computed	26
Black days mentioned in old calendars	50
Blackstone's researches as to early English charters	72
Brahmin pretensions in chronology	15
Briefs and Bulls, Dates of Papal	29
Britain's calendar, History of alteration in	91
Britain's calendar—form of Statutory for twelve months	142
Brumaire in Revolution Calendar	106
Bulgaria, Commencement of year in	64
Calculation of regnal years, Notes upon	95
Calculation of Indictions—how computed	22
Calendar of Britons, Details of	92
Calendar of Hindoos, Details of	99
Calendar of Jews, Details of	149
Calendar of Moslems, Details of	59
Calendar, earliest, in Scotland, Observations anent	87
Calendar stamp duty—when repealed	138
Calif Omar brings in Anno Hegira	59
Callippic Cycles means in chronology	51
Charters, Oldest, in England	71
Charters, Oldest, in Scotland	83
Charles I. and II. regnal years, Peculiarity of	79
Charles III. of Germany uses A.D. first	68
China calendars—details of their months	147
China, Eras in—their alleged antiquity	10
Christian era in Scotland—how same originated	81
Christian era has no monopoly	23
Christianity introduced; various Western nations	28
Christmas—the celebration in different lands	53
Chronology defined by Herschell	115
Cinque Ports, Proclamation anent—how dated	95
Civil Day, Meaning of	129
Clinton's opinion of how chronology evolved	16
Coins, British, dates on, Notes regarding	96
Coins, English, dates on, Notes regarding	7
Coins, Scottish, dates on, History of	90
Comet Year—meaning of this term	115
Common against Solar Years; and remarks regarding	128
Conder on N. T. chronology	44
Conquest—what would result if wrongly dated	5
Constantine's Indiction—how computed	22
Constantinopolitan calamity to records—when	16
Constantinople, Era of—history and extent	64
Consuls' terms of chronology—their use and importance	21
Copernican system—reception of same by men of science	8
Corea, Style of dates in use in	52
Creation, Differences in eras of	30
Crusoe, The rude calendar attributed to	9
Cyclus Paschalis, Notes on authority of	23
Dark Ages—their duration	23, 48
Dates in Papal Bulls—style of same	29
Day begins—various hours in different countries	129
Day of the Hebrews	42
Day, working defined	128
Day on the ocean	130
Days of rest or Holy Days, Specification of	132
Definition of chronology	8
Deluge, Era of, as variously given	35
Destruction of records at Rome, etc.	16
Details of New Style	91
Dies aegyptiacae—meaning of this term in a calendar	50
Digging Stars—what these were to the aborigines	8
Dionysius the chronologer—history of his era, the A.D.	23
Discordances of chronologers—their effect	5
Disregard for non-Christian chronologies	2
Documents, Importance of, in researches	7
Documents against opinions—examples of the power of latter	7
Dog Days in U.S.A. differ from British	67
Dominical Letter or Sunday Letter	66
Driver's opinion upon chronology	37
Druids—Canon views on chronology	37
Druids, Epoch of	81
Duaba Yuga of the ancient Hindoos	10
Earth's age—Kelvin's limit	32
Earth's age—importance of finding same	33
Easter as New Year—history of this	104
Eclipses in chronological enquiry; their use	111
Egypt and Egyptian chronology, Notes upon	11
Elizabethan attempt at N.S.	78
Encyclicals by the Popes—how dated	29
England, styles in, The changes on the	91
English charters, first dated, Most recent opinions regarding	71
Epact—what it is, as used in the almanacs	50
Ephemerides defined—their bulk	138
Epoch of errors in philosophy and astronomy	6
Equinox in 1582—recurrence of period	27
Eras of the world, Differences on the	30
Errors commonly held in the Middle Ages	6
Exchequer year, Date of, explained	128
Execution of Charles I, date of, Variations on	49
Eusebius, Chronological tables written by	13
Fairs in Scotland, O.S.	85
Farrar's opinion of Biblical chronology	40
Fasti at Rome destroyed	16
Fellaheen, Meaning of Nile's rising to
Festum of the Nativity as New Year's Day in France	104
Festival of Saint John the Baptist, Date of	86
Festivals, Abrogation of certain English	94
Fiscal Year in Britain, Period of the	128
Flexibility of numeric representations of years in calendars	2
Flight—era in India or Moslem reckoning	97
Flora, Feast of, in July by mistake	18
Four hundred and fifty-five days, A year of	19
French chronology, History of the	104
French, First printing of the	126
Frimaire in the Revolution Calendar	106
Fusli era in India, Historical notes on	98
General influences of N.S.	27
General scope of the science of chronology	1
"Generations" in Hebrew chronology	38
"Generations" in Herodotus, Specifications of	118
German printing, First	126
Going away, the, of Mohammed, Importance of	58
Golden Number—meaning of the term	57, 66
Gower dates his poetry by anno regni	76
Great charter—how dated	73
Great Years in Josephus—meaning of this term	49
Greek chronology—explanations thereon	16
Gregorian—a correction in the Julian Calendar	26
Gregory the Great conserves the A.D. mode	23
Gregory the Pope—his announcements on chronology	26
Harvest Year or Fusli used in India	98
Hebrew months contrasted with Greek months	41
Hebrew years, Commencement of	39
Hegira and A.D.I., condescended on	7
Hegira and Christian years, Differences between	59
Herodotus—his chronological views	118
Herschell's opinions on chronology	115
Hieroglyphics—dates of writings	125
Historians and chronology—their neglect thereof	4
Historical year, Commencement of	55
Hindoo figures in astronomy, Fabulous nature of	14
Holyrood, Proclamation on N.S.	88
Hutton's theory of the earth	34
Ides explained	20
Illustrations of the importance of correct mode of dates	5
Imperial epochs at Rome, Dates of	47
Independence of Scotland, Date of—how given	87
Independence Day, Date of, in U.S.A.	67
India, Chronologies in use in	97
India, Moslem era in	98
Indians of North America and reckonings of time	8
Indiction, Roman etc., History of, and details	22
Introductory observations to the study of chronology	1
James VI. partially takes N.S. in Scotland	88
James, Era of the Temple of	17
Jewish Calendar, Explanations upon the	58, 149
Jewish chronology, Ambiguity of	36
Jewish night watches—their hours	43
Josephus’ dates doubted now	36
Jour de la Revolution—what it is	106
Jubilee	42
Julian period—Scaliger’s invention, Bases of the	55
Julius Cæsar, Calendar of, and enactments by	19
Kalpa—meaning of this epoch	14
Kalends in Rome, Meaning of	20
Kelvin’s anno mundi—contrasted with Tait	32
Khartoum, Date of annual Nilotic rise at	8
Kings, Era of, at Rome	17
Leap year—how it comes round	26
Leap year, Mistake as to	19
Legal memory—meaning of term in English laws	71
Liberty, year of, Meaning of	105
Library, Alexandrian, Burning of	16
Louisian epochs, Statement concerning	56
LXX, (the Septuagent), Dates in, differ from others	36
Maba Yuga, the Hindoo great age	14
Masonic years—how counted	69
Merivale’s opinion on I.A.U.C.	17
Merivale’s researches into Roman (early) history	17
Metonic Cycle, References to and from	57
Middle Ages, Curious errors known in	6
Middle Ages in Western lands, Period of	48
Miller, Hugh—his views on A.M.	34
Minerva, Temple of, and annual insertion of nail	18
Mode of giving Roman dates	21
Months, calendar, Names of, and notes on	60
Months, Hebrew	41
Months, Macedonian	41
Months in French Revolution Calendar	106
Moon, same word = month	9
Moon called the Measurer in old times	9
Moslem year—how computed	59
Movable feasts and the golden number	66
Mundane's eras compared	30
Mussulman's calendar in India and the East, Year of	99
Nabonassur, Era of—history and explanations	61
N. A. Indian's way of counting time	9
Nail, marking year in Rome—details of process	18
New Style, Britain—how it originated	91
New Style attempted in Elizabeth's reign	78
New Style in France—how brought in	105
Niagra, era of, Origin of	67
Night watches of the Jews—how divided	43
Nile, Seasons of Egyptians marked by rising of	27
Nones in Roman months—definitions	20
Non-bisextile centuries—how known	27
Non-Christian reckonings forgotten in general	2
Norse Invasion—how date found	113
Northampton, Treaty of—how dated	87
North American Indians' way of counting time	8
Number, the golden number. Importance of	57
Numa's efforts in chronology	17
Numismatics, English datable	77
Old Style in Scotland, Prevalence of the	89
Old Style and N.S., tabulated	62
Olympiads explained—date of origin	16
Ortolan on Roman history	17
Ortolan's trite saying regarding early Rome	17
Paleography in chronology—its great use	120
Palmyra, Dates on inscriptions in	63
Papal Bulls and Briefs—how they are dated	29
Penult day, Meaning of, in Scottish charters	87
Persian Christmas—what it is meant to honour	53
Persian years. Short account of the	15
Peter the Great and chronology—his Ukase	64
Phoenician chronology—its romantic antiquity	13
Pleiades mark a season to aborigines	9
Pontiffs in ancient Rome—how they falsified the calendar	18
Printing in China, Dates of	10
Proclamation, British dates of, explained	95
Proclamation, U.S.A.—how given	67
Ptolemy and astronomical records, Uses of	61
Quarto-Decimans—their origin and contention as to Easter	21
Queen's reign—how years thereof counted	95
Quintilis, former name for July—how changed and why	60
Quirinus, The taxation under	45
Rawlinson's calculations on Assyrian dates	12
Records, Consequence of loss of, to chronology	5
Regnal years explained—how they are counted	95
Revolutionists' era, Origin, details, and end of	106
Roman Calendars—details of same	141
Roman history, Early myths regarding	17
Roman Emperors, List of the	47
Rome, Destruction of the Fasti at	16
Roumania, Commencement of year in	64
Round's opinion as to early English dates	72
Runic Calendars, Explanation concerning	9
Russian Calendars—details of same	144
Russian chronology, History of	64
Russian style—how it could be changed	27
Samvat Calendars in India	99
Sanchoniathon's fabulous chronology as to Phoenician history	13
Satya Yuga—an epoch in ancient India	14
Sayce's view on chronology of the Book of Kings	37
Saxon against Norman as an era of confusion	10
Scaliger's work on the Julian period	55
Scottish chronology, Claims of	80
Seleucides, era of, Influence of, in Syria	42, 63
Septennates of years	38
Series of the Roman consuls' nominations	21
Sextilis form, name of August—why changed	60
Solar cycle, or cycle of the sun, Details regarding	65
South Seas, Time counted near the	8
Stair's, Lord, opinion as to dates	89
Statutes of uncertain dates—their place	75
Strauss—his views on N.T. chronology	46
Struthers' views on evolution	34
Sunday letter explained	66
Sunday as a chief market day	103
Sundays in Jerusalem	132
Supposition and the truth in dates compared and illustrated	5
Syro-Macedonian months contrasted with Hebrew	41
Tait's opinion of earth's age	32
Terrorists' system of chronology	106
Thoth, the month—how the first day recurred	11
Three years make a leap year for a time	19
Time, relative as used by Argyle	32
Time of legal memory in English laws	71
Two hundred and eighty-one days, Year of	92
Uncials, Year of hundreds in earliest	125
U.S.A., Proclamation dates in	67
U.S.A. calendars, Remarks regarding	67
Usher's methods of chronological progress	36
Usurper, era of the. Meaning of	79
Vague year of the Egyptians explained	11
Varro accounts for the origin of the Kalends	20
Vatican coinage—how it was dated	25
Vendémiaire the month in the Revolutionists' calendar	106
Vernal Equinox and the Quarto-Decimans	21
Vertumunus, Festival of—change in season	18
VI., Year VI. explained—French mode	106
Victoria, Era of—meaning of that phrase	95
Vikramaditya, Era of—an Indian epoch	98
Vintage Month, What was	106
Voltaire's opinion of Russian era	64
Wall, China's great—in which dynasty	10
Water-marks as guides to dates	127
Week—did it prevail in Persia	15
Week of five days—where found	15
Weeks and days—meaning of terms	132
William the Conqueror—results on history if Conquest wrongly dated	5
Windy Month—a French phrase	106
Writings, first in Scotland, Date of	63
Year, Common	128
Year, Fiscal, in India	102
Year, Great, of Josephus, Meaning of	49
Year, intercalculated amongst Jews, Method of	58
Year, Meaning of different people's	3
Year of God as used in Scots' Acts, etc.	87
Year of Independence in U.S.A.	67
Year of Liberty in France	105
Year of Light, Mason's use of	69
Year of our Lord first used in France	68
Year, Short—how it occurred	92
Yesdegera era began in India	70
Xanthicus, The opening, of Macedonia	41
Zulus, How springtime calculated by	8