if i say 1845, what century is it?

Question

the 19th century? please explain. thanks.

Answer 1

Yes it's the 19th century. And we are now in the 21st century.
If you think about it, it's logical.
Start at the beginning of the current year numbering. Year 1 AD.
What century is it? The first! You can't have a 0th century!
So by the time you get to 101 AD it's the 2nd century, and so on.

Answer 2

Well , you are talking about centuries 'A.D.' That means 'Anno Domini" or- in English- in the 'year of our Lord'.

Counting from when Jesus was born, the first century was those years counting up: 56, 57,89, 99, until you get to the second century- years like 106, 107..... So the 3rd century would be the 200s, the 4th century the 300s and so on.

If you count through you will end up realising that the 1800 years are the 19th century!

By the way, contrary to what some other answers state, there was no year '0'! The christian era started in the year 1- the year that Jesus was supposed to have been born in!

Answer 3

It is the 19th Century. The Centuries were decided as thus: 0-1 was the 1st, 1-2 the 2nd, 2-3 the third, 3-4 the fourth, 4-5 the 5th etc. Does this explain everything?

Answer 4

19th century. The reason this is the 19th and not the 18th is because the 1st 100 years was the first century (year 1 to 100) followed by the second century (101-200) etc. therefore the 21st century started in 2001.

Answer 5

19th century. The first century was from the year 1-99 CE. The could not be a zeroth century, that would be a century before centuries started, it just couldn't make sense. So centuries are named for their order after the first century.

Answer 6

19th Century, the years 1 - 99 were the first century, 100 - 199 the 2nd century and so on, so 1800 - 1899 is the 19th Century

Answer 7

The 19th century. The century starts with zero. 19th century starts at 1800, and the 20th century starts at the year 1900. We are now in the 21st century.

Answer 8

Well, if a child is say six months old, you would agree that he is in his first year, wouldn't you? So, for 1845, 18 complete centuries have already passed, and you would be 45 years into the 19th century. I agree, it is difficult to get your head around.

Answer 9

19th Century AD or CE. If the year 1 existed (which it didn't really because of the late development of the calendar), it would have been the 1st Century Anno Domini (year of our lord) or CE (common era). Subsequently years 1-100 were 1st century
101-200 second century
and so on.

Note that this implies that the Millenium didn't happen on 1st Jan 2000, but 2001...!

Anyway, thats another issue.

Answer 10

Year 01 to 100 = 1st century = 100 years etc etc
year 1801 to 1900 = 19th century = 100 years


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