Calendar Date Of 20th Century
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Calendar date of 20th century. They evolved over the centuries but month names changed little until now. Thus o neil 1976 distinguishes the groupings egyptian calendars ancient egypt babylonian calendars ancient mesopotamia indian calendars hindu and buddhist traditions of the indian subcontinent. The 20th century was dominated by a chain of events that heralded significant changes in world history as to redefine the.
If the old calendars you find are in good shape. The gregorian calendar also known as the western or christian calendar is the most widely used calendar in the world today its predecessor the julian calendar was replaced because it did not properly reflect the actual time it takes the earth to circle once around the sun known as a tropical year. This century witnessed two world wars the great depression of the 1930s the holocaust in europe the cold war revolutionary social equality movements and the exploration of space.
It was the tenth and final century of the 2nd millennium unlike most century years the year 2000 was a leap year and the second century leap year in the gregorian calendar after 1600. India becomes the second country to reach 1 billion people. Additional related information include information like holidays quick reference items millennium tables and century tables.
The unified achaemenid empire required a distinctive iranian calendar and one was devised in egyptian tradition with 12 months of 30 days each dedicated to a yazata eyzad and four divisions resembling the. Circle the important dates on each calendar as a thoughtful reminder of your interest. Print several calendars and wad them up to use as padding inside a gift box.
Follow the changes in this decade by decade timeline of the 20th century. 20th century 1901 2000 year correlation this page shows the table that relates the years to the appropriate virtual perpetual calendars 0 13. This will be useful if you want to print out each of the 14 calendars and need the corresponding chart that shows which calendar to use for a particular year.
The first calendars based on zoroastrian cosmology appeared in the later achaemenid period 650 to 330 bc. End of israeli occupation of lebanon. The first day of the 21st century and 3rd millennium was celebrated worldwide on new year s day 2000 even though according to the calendar it is a year early.