This article gives a list of various
almanacAn almanac is an annual publication containing tabular information in a particular field or fields often arranged according to the calendar...
s. Note that
almanac can also be spelled
almanack, and some of the publications listed use this form.
- Canadian Global Almanac
The Canadian Global Almanac is a Canadian reference book containing a large collection of facts and statistics. It grew out of the American World Almanac and Book of Facts when in 1986 an all Canadian version was published, edited by John Filion and published by Susan Yates. John Robert Columbo...
(1992-2005), a book of facts about CanadaCanada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and the world
- Encyclopædia Britannica
The Encyclopædia Britannica is a general English-language encyclopaedia published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., a privately held company. The articles in the Britannica are aimed at educated adult readers, and written by a staff of about 100 full-time editors and more than...
Almanac. (Not the Yearbook, which is an annual update to the multi-volume encyclopedia. The almanac is a standalone publication)
- Farmers' Almanac (1818-present)
- The New York Times Almanac
The New York Times Almanac is an almanac published in the United States. The first edition, published in late 1997, was the 1998 New York Times Almanac. It is published by Penguin Group....
- The (Old) Farmer's Almanac (1792-present)
- Schott's Almanac
Schott's Almanac is a best-selling UK reference book, published annually in the United Kingdom. The book is published by Ben Schott and is part of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc....
- TIME Almanac with Information Please
TIME Almanac with Information Please is an almanac annually published in the United States. The almanac was first published in 1947 as the Information Please Almanac by Dan Golenpaul...
formerly Information Please Almanac (1947-present)
- Wall Street Journal Almanac (1998 and 1999).
- Whitaker's Almanack
Whitaker's Almanack is a reference book, published annually in the United Kingdom. The book was originally published by J Whitaker & Sons from 1868 to 1997, then by The Stationery Office, and since 2003 by A & C Black, part of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc....
(1868-present)
- The World Almanac and Book of Facts (1868-1876, 1886-present)
- Nieropper Almanak
- Enkhuizer Almanak
- Deventer Almanak
- Almanach cracoviense ad annum 1474
Almanach cracoviense ad annum 1474 is a single-sheet astronomical wall calendar for the year 1474, and Poland's oldest known print...
(1473)
- Old Moore's Almanack
Old Moore’s Almanack is an almanac which has been published in Britain since 1697.It was originally written and published by Francis Moore, a self-taught physician and astrologer who served at the court of Charles II....
(1699-present)
- Poor Richard's Almanack (1733-1758)
- J.
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This article gives a list of various
almanacAn almanac is an annual publication containing tabular information in a particular field or fields often arranged according to the calendar...
s. Note that
almanac can also be spelled
almanack, and some of the publications listed use this form.
Printed almanacs
- Canadian Global Almanac
The Canadian Global Almanac is a Canadian reference book containing a large collection of facts and statistics. It grew out of the American World Almanac and Book of Facts when in 1986 an all Canadian version was published, edited by John Filion and published by Susan Yates. John Robert Columbo...
(1992-2005), a book of facts about CanadaCanada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and the world
- Encyclopædia Britannica
The Encyclopædia Britannica is a general English-language encyclopaedia published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., a privately held company. The articles in the Britannica are aimed at educated adult readers, and written by a staff of about 100 full-time editors and more than...
Almanac. (Not the Yearbook, which is an annual update to the multi-volume encyclopedia. The almanac is a standalone publication)
- Farmers' Almanac (1818-present)
- The New York Times Almanac
The New York Times Almanac is an almanac published in the United States. The first edition, published in late 1997, was the 1998 New York Times Almanac. It is published by Penguin Group....
- The (Old) Farmer's Almanac (1792-present)
- Schott's Almanac
Schott's Almanac is a best-selling UK reference book, published annually in the United Kingdom. The book is published by Ben Schott and is part of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc....
- TIME Almanac with Information Please
TIME Almanac with Information Please is an almanac annually published in the United States. The almanac was first published in 1947 as the Information Please Almanac by Dan Golenpaul...
formerly Information Please Almanac (1947-present)
- Wall Street Journal Almanac (1998 and 1999).
- Whitaker's Almanack
Whitaker's Almanack is a reference book, published annually in the United Kingdom. The book was originally published by J Whitaker & Sons from 1868 to 1997, then by The Stationery Office, and since 2003 by A & C Black, part of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc....
(1868-present)
- The World Almanac and Book of Facts (1868-1876, 1886-present)
- Nieropper Almanak
- Enkhuizer Almanak
- Deventer Almanak
Online almanacs
Special-purpose almanacs
- Almanach cracoviense ad annum 1474
Almanach cracoviense ad annum 1474 is a single-sheet astronomical wall calendar for the year 1474, and Poland's oldest known print...
(1473)
- Old Moore's Almanack
Old Moore’s Almanack is an almanac which has been published in Britain since 1697.It was originally written and published by Francis Moore, a self-taught physician and astrologer who served at the court of Charles II....
(1699-present)
- Poor Richard's Almanack (1733-1758)
- J. Gruber's Hagerstown Town & Country Almanack (1797-present)
- Grier's Almanac (1807-present)
- Baer's Agricultural Almanac (1825-present)
- Jewish Year Book
The Jewish Year Book is an almanac targeted at the Jewish community in the United Kingdom. It has been published every year since 1896 and is currently published by Vallentine Mitchell in association with The Jewish Chronicle and is edited by Stephen W...
(1896-present)
- Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack is a cricket reference book published annually in the United Kingdom...
(1864-present)
- The Buyers Almanac (2006-present)http://www.buyers-almanac.com
- Places Rated Almanac (1982-present)
- Thackers Indian Directory (1864-1960)
- Your Name Almanac (1934-present)
Astronomical almanacs
- Air Almanac
- Astronomical Almanac
The Astronomical Almanac is an almanac published by the United States Naval Observatory and Her Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office, containing solar system ephemeris and catalogs of selected stellar and extragalactic objects....
- Astronomical Phenomena
- The Astronomical Pocket Diary (1987-present)
- Multiyear Interactive Computer Almanac
- The Nautical Almanac
The Nautical Almanac has been the familiar name for a series of official British almanacs published under various titles since the first issue of The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris, for 1767: this was the first nautical almanac ever to contain data dedicated to the convenient...
(1767–present under various titles. Prepared by U.S. Naval Observatory and Her Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office since 1958.)
- Star Almanac for Land Surveyors
Fictional almanacs
- Gray's Sports Almanac, featured in Back to the Future Part II
Back to the Future Part II is a 1989 film and a sequel to the 1985 film Back to the Future. Like the previous film, it was directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Zemeckis and Bob Gale...
- Ankh-Morpork
Ankh-Morpork is a fictional city-state which prominently features in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series of fantasy novels. As cities go, it is on the far side of corrupt and polluted, and is subject to outbreaks of comedic violence and brou-ha-ha on a fairly regular basis...
Almanack and Book of Days, from various DiscworldDiscworld is a comedic fantasy book series by the British author Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a flat world balanced on the backs of four elephants which, in turn, stand on the back of a giant turtle, Great A'Tuin. The books frequently parody, or at least take inspiration from, J. R. R....
novels (a version has been published as The Discworld AlmanakThe Discworld Almanak is a spin-off book from Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, in a similar format to the Diaries and Nanny Ogg's Cookbook...
)
Almanac Calculators
- Dirck Rembrantsz van Nierop
Dirck Rembrandtsz van Nierop was a seventeenth-century Dutch cartographer, mathematician, surveyor, astronomer, teacher and vermaner...
- Pieter Rembrantsz van Nierop
- Jan Albertsz van Dam
- Dirck Jansz van Dam
- Meyndert van Dam
- Jacob de Gelder
- Mattheus van Nispen
- Isaac Haringhuysen
- J. van Dam