This is the calendar for any common year starting on Wednesday, January 1 (dominical letter E). Examples include 1975, 1986, 1997, 2003, 2014, 2020 and 2025 in the Gregorian calendar,^[1] or 2015 and 2026 in the Julian calendar. This common year is one of the three possible common years in which a century year can begin on, and occurs in century years that yield a remainder of 200 when divided by 400. The most recent such year was 1800 and the next one will be 2200 in the Gregorian calendar (see bottom tables).

In this common year, January and October begin on Wednesday, February, March and November begin on Saturday, April and July begin on Tuesday, May begins on Thursday, June begins on Sunday, August begins on Friday and September and December begin on Monday.

This common year is one of three common years with only one Friday the 13th, the others being Common year starting on Friday and Common year starting on Saturday. The Friday the 13th in this common year is in June. This characteristic is shared with a Leap year starting on Tuesday.

This common year is one of three common years with two Friday the 17ths, the other two being Common year starting on Thursday and Common year starting on Friday. The Friday the 17ths in this common year are in January and October.

This common year is one of three common years with only one Tuesday the 13th, the others being Common year starting on Sunday and Common year starting on Tuesday. The only Tuesday the 13th in this common year is in May. Leap years starting on Tuesday share this characteristic.

In this common year, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is on January 20, Valentine’s Day is on a Friday, Presidents Day is on February 17, Daylight Savings Time begins on March 9, St. Patrick’s Day is on a Monday, Mother’s Day is on May 11, Memorial Day is on May 26, Father’s Day is on its earliest possible date, June 15, Independence Day is on a Friday, Labor Day is on its earliest possible date, September 1, Columbus Day is on October 13, Halloween is on a Thursday, Daylight Savings Time ends on November 2, Veterans Day is on a Tuesday, Thanksgiving is on November 27, and Christmas is on a Thursday.

A common year is a year with 365 days—in other words, not a leap year, which has 366.

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1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "A common year beginning on Wednesday", jonstlouis.htmlplanet.com, 2011, webpage: HTMcal^{[permanent dead link]}.
2. ↑ "Calendar in year 1802 (Russia)" (Julian calendar, starting Tuesday), webpage: Julian-1802 (Romania used Julian in 1919, when Russia adopted Gregorian).