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In 1457 the first printed almanac was published at Mainz, by Gutenberg (eight years before the famous Bible). Regio-Montanus produced an almanac in 1472 (Nuremberg, 1472), which continued in print for several centuries. In 1497 the Sheapheard's Kalendar, translated from French (Richard Pynson) became the first almanac to be printed in English.
The cover of the 1793 edition. The first Old Farmer's Almanac, then known as The Farmer's Almanac, was edited by Robert Bailey Thomas, the publication's founder. [6]There were many competing almanacs in the 18th century, but Thomas's book was a success. [6]
The earliest almanac published for New England appeared in Cambridge, Massachusetts as early as 1639, by William Pierce. It was the second work printed in the English colonies of America altogether (the first being The Oath of a Free-man, printed earlier in the same year). [1]
Benjamin Banneker (November 9, 1731 – October 19, 1806) was an African-American naturalist, mathematician, astronomer and almanac author. A landowner, he also worked as a surveyor and farmer. Born in Baltimore County, Maryland, to a free African-American mother and a father who had formerly been enslaved, Banneker had little or no formal ...
The Old Farmer's Almanac. First printed in 1792 by Robert B. Thomas. Predicts next year's weather for 18 regions in the United States and seven in Canada.
The New York Times Almanac (1969–2011) Nieropper Almanak. O Verdadeiro Almanaque Borda D'Água (1929–present) Old Farmer's Almanac (1792–present) Schott's Almanac. A Sound Word Almanac (2023) [3] TIME Almanac with Information Please, formerly Information Please Almanac (1947–2013) Wall Street Journal Almanac (1998 [4] and 1999 [5])
As of 2022, the Old Farmer’s Almanac says it uses a secret formula to predict the weather, first created back in 1792. Here’s how the book’s own site explains the history: “We derive our ...
Poor Richard's Almanack (sometimes Almanac) was a yearly almanac published by Benjamin Franklin, who adopted the pseudonym of "Poor Richard" or "Richard Saunders" for this purpose. The publication appeared continually from 1732 to 1758. It sold exceptionally well for a pamphlet published in the Thirteen Colonies; print runs reached 10,000 per year.