THE

Detroit Journal Year-Book,

FOR THE YEAR 1890.

ASTRONOMICAL CALENDAR.

THE year 1890 comprises to July 3 inclusive, the latter part of the 114th year of American Independence, and thereafter the former part of the 115th. It corresponds more or less closely to

The year 6603 of the Julian Period.

The year 7398-99 of the Byzantine Era.

The year 5650-51 of the Jewish Era, the year 5651 beginning at sunset September 26. The year of the World (Ussher's chronology) 5894; in the Septuagint chronology,

7398-99.

The year 2666 of the Olympiads, or the first year of the 668th Olympiad, commencing in July, 1890.

The year 2643 since the foundation of Rome.

The year 2637 of the Era of Nabonassar.

The year 2550 of the Japanese Era,

The year 2202 of the Era of the Seleucidæ.

The year 1606 of the Era of Diocletian.

The year 1307-8 of the Mohammedan Era, or Era of the Hegira.
The year 219 of the Dionysian Period.