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Those holding that the arrival of the new millennium should be celebrated in the transition from 2000 to 2001 (i.e., December 31, 2000, to January 1, 2001) argued that the Anno Domini system of counting years began with the year 1 (there was no year 0) and therefore the first millennium was from the year 1 to the end of the year 1000, the ...
A decade (from Ancient Greek δεκάς (dekas) 'a group of 10') is a period of 10 years. Decades may describe any 10-year period, such as those of a person's life, or refer to specific groupings of calendar years .
Also called "megayear". 1000 millennia (plural of millennium), or 1 million years (in geology, abbreviated as Ma). petasecond: 10 15 s: About 31 709 791 years. galactic year: 2.3 × 10 8 yr: The amount of time it takes the Solar System to orbit the center of the Milky Way Galaxy (approx 230 000 000 years [2]). cosmological decade: logarithmic ...
There are debates as to whether a new decade, century, or millennium begins on a year ending in zero or one. [4] For computational reasons, ...
The millennium from 1 January 1000, to 31 December 1999, almost synonymous with the 2nd millennium (1001–2000) The century from 1 January 1000, to 31 December 1099, almost synonymous with the 11th century (1001–1100) 1000s (decade), the decade from 1 January 1000, to 31 December 1009, almost synonymous with the 101st decade (1001–1010)
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The celebrations were held as marking the end of the 2nd millennium, the 20th century, and the 200th decade, and the start of the 3rd millennium, the 21st century, and the 201st decade (although the start and end points of such periods was then, it continues to be disputed).