Annus Mirabilis - Other

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This phrase has since been used to refer to other years. The examples here are primarily from the English-speaking world.

  • 1644–1645 – The string of victories by the Scottish general, James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, in 1644–1645 during the English or British (?) Civil War is sometimes called the "Year of Miracles".
  • 1666 – In Roman numerals, the year 1666 contains all the numerals in decreasing order: MDCLXVI.
  • 1922 – In the English-speaking world, 1922 has been described as the annus mirabilis of Modernism, due to the publication of many major literary works, including James Joyce's Ulysses and TS Eliot's The Wasteland.
  • 1939 – This phrase has also been used to describe 1939 Hollywood because of all the classic films produced this year.
  • 1946 – The British Chancellor of the Exchequer Hugh Dalton described 1946 as the then Labour Government's 'Annus mirabilis'
  • 1963 – The phrase "Annus Mirabilis" was also used by Philip Larkin as the title for one of his best-known poems, published in 1967 in High Windows, which celebrated the onset of more relaxed sexual mores in 1960s Britain, specifically mentioning the year 1963 as a sort of personal "annus mirabilis".
  • 1967 was Celtic F.C.'s annus mirabilis. The club won every competition they entered: the Scottish League, the Scottish Cup, the Scottish League Cup, the Glasgow Cup, and the European Cup.
  • mid-1970s – The phrase was used to describe the mid-1970s uptick in sugar prices which skyrocketed Cuban sugar-based earning.
  • 1989 – Annus Mirabilis has been used to describe 1989 and the political events which took place in Eastern Europe, which saw the end of communist governments in several countries (See: Revolutions of 1989) including Poland, East Germany and Czechoslovakia.

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