1st century = 1-100
2nd century = 101-200
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16th century = 1501-1600
17th century = 1601-1700
18th century = 1701-1800
19th century = 1801-1900
20th century = 1901-2000
21st century = 2001-2100
Many people celebrated the start of the 20th century a year too early!
Going further back in time; the year number is loosely based on when
scholars think that Jesus Christ was born, but year numbers as such
were seldom if ever recorded for the first few centuries. There was no
year 0, so the first century BC was 100BC-1BC though of course no-one
knew it at the time!
Brenda
On 31 May 2007, at 13:14, Agnes Boddington wrote:
I agree with Jo that the Dutch 16e eeuw is the same as the English
16th, i.e. 1501 -1599/1600 (last date is debatable, seeing as we
celebrated the start of the new milennium in 2000).
The Dutch Golden Age covers most of the 1600's.
Brenda in Allhallows, Kent
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