I think that you are talking about the 20th Century, which started January
1, 1901. There was no year zero, and centuries A.D. take 100 year chunks
starting with the year 1. The year 1 did not start in January 1 because of
the Julian/Gregorian calendar change.
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From: "Douglas Richardson" <royalancestry@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.medieval
To: <gen-medieval@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 7:59 AM
Subject: Re: SIR ROBERT HOLLAND
> My comments are interspersed below. DR
>
> On May 6, 9:33 pm, "John Foster" <ret...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Since before the last century, historians have standardized given>
names
>> to avoid utter confusion.
>>
>> The last century is this one. Was a vote taken in 2001? I must have
>> missed
>> it. If it was the previous century, what happened in 1901?
>
> Before the last century is before 1900.
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