Pages from the 2023 Almanac - January

Cover of the 1828 volume of the British Almanac, used under license of the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication

Cover of the 1828 volume of the British Almanac, used under license of the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication

Sunday 1st January 2023

Being the NEW YEAR’S DAY of this year.

Monday 2nd January 2023

Declared a secular holiday for the COMMON PEOPLE to celebrate the beginning of this NEW YEAR, given that it started on a Sunday.

Tuesday 3rd January 2023

Declared a secular holiday for the COMMON PEOPLE of SCOTLAND

Thursday 5th January 2023

On this day is the Christian observance of TWELFTH NIGHT

Friday 6th January 2023

First FULL MOON of the year (WOLF MOON) and also the Christian observance of EPIPHANY

Monday 9th January 2023

On this day is the observance of PLOUGH MONDAY

Tuesday 17th January 2023

On this day is the observance of OLD TWELFTH NIGHT

Sunday 22nd January 2023

On this day is the LUNAR NEW YEAR, and also the CHINESE NEW YEAR

Tuesday 24th January 2023

Being a maximum of TWO YEARS from this day until the UK Conservative Government may be voted out in a General Election, unless they are routed beforehand (an occasion that we do strongly wish for).

Wednesday 25th January 2023

On this day is the SCOTTISH observance of BURNS NIGHT

Monday 30th January 2023

On this day it is 373 years since the execution of the first King Charles in 1649.

Next in the Almanac: February 2023