Common year starting on Sunday facts for kids
A calendar helps us keep track of days, weeks, and months in a year. This article is about a special kind of calendar: one for a common year that starts on a Sunday. This means January 1st of that year falls on a Sunday. We call this a year with a "Dominical Letter A." It's also true for any year where the "Doomsday" is a Tuesday, which is a fun way to figure out the day of the week for any date.
Some recent years that fit this pattern in the Gregorian calendar (the one most of the world uses) include 1978, 1989, 1995, 2006, 2017, and 2023. If you look at the Julian calendar, which was used before the Gregorian, years like 2018 and 2029 follow this same pattern.
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What is a Common Year?
A common year is a year that has exactly 365 days. This is different from a leap year, which has 366 days (with an extra day in February). Most years are common years!
| Common year starting on: | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
| Leap year starting on: | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
Years That Start on Sunday
The tables below show many years that are common years and begin on a Sunday. You can see how these years are spread across different centuries and millenniums for both the Gregorian and Julian calendars.
Gregorian Calendar Years
These are years in the Gregorian calendar that are common years and start on a Sunday.
| Millennium | Century | Gregorian year | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd millennium | 18th century | 1758 | 1769 | 1775 | 1786 | 1797 | ||||||
| 2nd millennium | 19th century | 1809 | 1815 | 1826 | 1837 | 1843 | 1854 | 1865 | 1871 | 1882 | 1893 | 1899 |
| 2nd millennium | 20th century | 1905 | 1911 | 1922 | 1933 | 1939 | 1950 | 1961 | 1967 | 1978 | 1989 | 1995 |
| 3rd millennium | 21st century | 2006 | 2017 | 2023 | 2034 | 2045 | 2051 | 2062 | 2073 | 2079 | 2090 | |
| 3rd millennium | 22nd century | 2102 | 2113 | 2119 | 2130 | 2141 | 2147 | 2158 | 2169 | 2175 | 2186 | 2197 |
Julian Calendar Years
These are years in the Julian calendar that are common years and start on a Sunday.
| Millennium | Century | Julian year | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd millennium | 19th century | 1805 | 1811 | 1822 | 1833 | 1839 | 1850 | 1861 | 1867 | 1878 | 1889 | 1895 |
| 2nd millennium | 20th century | 1906 | 1917 | 1923 | 1934 | 1951 | 1962 | 1973 | 1979 | 1990 | 1996 | |
| 3rd millennium | 21st century | 2001 | 2007 | 2018 | 2029 | 2035 | 2046 | 2057 | 2063 | 2074 | 2091 | |
| 3rd millennium | 22nd century | 2102 | 2113 | 2119 | 2130 | 2141 | 2147 | 2158 | 2169 | 2175 | 2186 | 2197 |
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