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Common Era and Before the Common Era are alternatives to the original Anno Domini (AD) and Before Christ (BC) notations used for the same calendar era. The two notation systems are numerically equivalent: "2025 CE" and "AD 2025" each describe the current year; "400 BCE" and "400 BC" are the same year. [1] [2] The expression can be traced back ...
alone: Display only the number of years and the calendar era according to the |main= parameter : E.g.: "AUC 964" number: Display only a natural number without any era: If |1= is a Gregorian year, the number returned equals the value of that year in the astronomical calendar plus 753; if |1= is an year Ab Urbe Condita, the number returned equals exactly the value of that year in the ...
A convenience / consistency template for the display of Before Common Era years that places the abbreviation "BCE" preceded by a non-breaking space ( ) before a year supplied.
A calendar era is the period of time elapsed since one epoch of a calendar and, if it exists, before the next one. [1] For example, the current year is numbered 2025 in the Gregorian calendar, which numbers its years in the Western Christian era (the Coptic Orthodox and Ethiopian Orthodox churches have their own Christian eras).
c. 3500 BC: In Canada's south-west Yukon, the beaver tooth gouge comes into use. It becomes an important tool for woodworking in the subarctic area. c. 2700 BC: Copper implements and ornaments are fashioned by the "Old Copper" culture of Wisconsin from ore found in the area around Lake Superior.
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Beginning of the Meghalayan age, the current and latest of the three stages in the Holocene era. [22] [23] 45 BC: 1994 BP Introduction of the Julian calendar: 1 BC: 1950 BP Year zero in ISO 8601: AD 1: 1949 BP Beginning of the Common Era and Anno Domini, from the estimate by Dionysius of the Incarnation of Jesus: 1582 368 BP
The prefix AD and the suffixes CE, BC or BCE (Common Era, Before Christ or Before Common Era) are dropped. [1] The year 1 BC/BCE is numbered 0, the year 2 BC is numbered −1, and in general the year n BC/BCE is numbered "−(n − 1)" [1] (a negative number equal to 1 − n). The numbers of AD/CE years are not changed and are written with ...