January 21, 1561: Day of the Week
January 21, 1561 was the 21st day of the year 1561 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 344 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.
The day of the week for January 21, 1561 under the old Julian calendar was Tuesday. Did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Doyōbi.
A person born on this day will be 464 years old today. If that same person saved a Penny every day starting at age 7, then by now that person has accumulated $1,669.21 today.
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Here’s the January 1561 Gregorian calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly 1561 calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
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January 21, 1561 by the Numbers
- 169,477 days since January 21, 1561
- 464 years, 0 month, and 4 days ago
- 5,568 months since then
- January 21 is in the 3rd week of the year 1561 (ISO 8601)
- 24,211 weeks ago
- The year 1561 is not a leap year
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 (January 21, 1561). 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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