Harold's day was October 14. It was his birthday, and also the day of his death. William the Conqueror was born on the same day, and, on October 14, 1066, won England by conquest.

October 7, Rienzi's foes yielded to his power. 7 months Rienzi reigned as tribune. 7 years he was absent in exile.

7 weeks of return saw him without an enemy (October 7). 7 was the number of the crowns the Roman convents and Roman council awarded him.

It is said that it is unlucky for thirteen persons to sit down to dinner at the same table, because one of the number will die before the year is out. This silly superstition is based on the "Last Supper," when Christ and His twelve disciples sat at meat together. Jesus, of course, was crucified, and Judas Iscariot hanged himself.

The 3rd September was considered by Oliver Cromwell to be his red-letter day. On 3rd September, 1650, he won the battle of Dunbar; on 3rd September, 1651, he won the battle of Worcester; and on 3rd Sep-tember, 1658, he died. It is not, however, true that he was born on 3rd September, as many affirm, for his birthday was 25th April, 1599.

In British dynasties two has been an unlucky number; thus: Eth-elred II was forced to abdicate; Harold II. was slain at Hastings; William II was shot in the New Forest; Henry II. had to fight for his crown, which was usurped by Stephen; Edward II. was murdered at Berkeley Castle; Richard II. was deposed; Charles II. was driven into exile; James II.' was obliged to abdicate; George II. was worsted at Fontenoy and Lawfeld, was disgraced by General Braddock and Admiral Byng, and was troubled by Charles Edward, the Young Pretender.

" Five," says Pythagoras, "has peculiar force in expiations. It is everything. It stops the power of poisons, and is redoubted by evil spirits. Unity, or the monad, is Deity, or the first cause of all things - the good principle. Two, or the dyad, is the symbol of diversity - the evil principle. Three, or the triad, contains the mystery of mysteries, for everything is composed of three substances. It represents God, the soul of the world, and the spirit of man. Five is 2 + 3, or the combination of the first of the equals and the first of the unequals; hence also the combination of the good and evil powers of nature."

The number fourteen plays a very conspicuous part in French history, especially in the reigns of Henry IV. and Louis XIV. For example:

14th May, 1029, the first Henri was consecrated, and 14th May, 1610, the last Henri was assassinated.

14 letters compose the name of Henri di Bourbon, the 14th king of France and Navarre.

14th December, 1553 (14 centuries, 14 decades and 14 years from the birth of Christ), Henri IV. was born, and 1553 added together = 14.

14th May, 1554, Henri II. ordered the enlargement of the Rue de la Ferronnerie. This order was carried out, and 4 times 14 years later Henri IV. was assassinated there.

14th May, 1552, was the birth of Margaret de Valois, first wife of Henri IV.

14th May, 1588, the Parisians revolted against Henri III., under the leadership of Henri de Guise.

14th March, 1590, Henri IV. gained the battle of Ivry.

14th May, 1590, Henri IV. was repulsed from the faubourgs of Paris.

14th November, 1590, "The Sixteen" took oath to die rather than serve the Huguenot king, Henri IV.

14th November, 1592, the Paris parlement registered the papal bull which excluded Henri IV. from reigning.

14th December, 1599, the duke of Savoy was reconciled to Henri IV.

14th September, 1606, the dauphin (Louis XIII.), son of Henri IV., was baptized.

The second of the month was Louis Napoleon's day. It was also one of the days of his uncle, the other being the fifteenth.

The coup d'etat was December 2; he was made emperor December 2, 1852; the Franco - Prussian war opened at Saarbruck, August 2, 1870; he surrendered his sword to William of Prussia September 2, 1870.

Napoleon I. was crowned December 2, 1804; and the victory of Aus-terlitz was December 2, 1805.