Whitaker's Almanack

Japanese: 《Whitaker's Almanack》(英語表記)WhitakersAlmanack
Whitaker's Almanack

…The oldest almanac covering social events in general is the Annual Register, edited by E. Burke in 1759, followed by the Almanach de Gotha (1764), which listed genealogies of European kings and nobles and statistics for each country. From the 19th century onwards, so-called general almanacs that covered a wide range of fields, both statistically and historically, began to appear, with Whittaker's Almanack (first published in 1869) being particularly well-known. In the United States, the World Almanac, the Americana Annual, and the International Yearbook are also well-known. …

*Some of the terminology referenced in "Whitaker's Almanack" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…社会事象一般を収録した年鑑としては,1759年にE.バークにより編集された《アニュアル・レジスターAnnual Register》が最も古く,次いでヨーロッパ各国の王侯・貴族の系譜や各国の統計を記載した《ゴータ年鑑Almanach de Gotha》(1764)が出現した。19世紀以降になると,統計,記録ともに広い分野を網羅したいわゆる〈総合年鑑〉も出現するが,とりわけ《ホイッティカーズ・アルマナックWhitaker’s Almanack》(1869創刊)は著名である。アメリカでも《ワールド・アルマナック》をはじめ《アメリカーナ・アニュアル》《インターナショナル・イヤーブック》などが知られている。…

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