What Day of the Week
August 12, 1493: Day of the Week
August 12, 1493 was the 224th day of the year 1493 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 141 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.
The day of the week for August 12, 1493 under the old Julian calendar was Monday. Did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is sábado.
A person born on this day will be 530 years old today. If that same person saved a Nickel every day starting at age 5, then by now that person has accumulated $9,590.20 today.
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Here’s the August 1493 Gregorian calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly 1493 calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Gregorian versus the old Julian calendar
A note to students, teachers, scholars and anyone else passionate about this topic. As stated in the front page, this website is using the Gregorian calendar as the basis for all “day of the week” computation whether or not the Gregorian calendar is relevant for the date in question (August 12, 1493). Educators should point out the primary reason why Pope Gregory XIII introduced a new calendar system in October 1582. That is, to make the computation for the annual date of Easter more accurate since it is the foundation of the Christian faith.
Even with that purpose in mind, the Gregorian calendar too will become out of sync. It has a known approximation error of about one day for every 7,700 years assuming a constant time interval between vernal equinoxes (which is not true). This is better compared to the one day for every 128 years error of the Julian calendar.
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