We're just about to start the year 2007 (ok 2008 strictly speaking I suppose!), but when was the present 'years after Christ was born' format (e.g 1999/2000/2007 etc) first used, and when did it become the international 'standard'?
2006-12-28 10:00:32 · 3 answers · asked by orena45 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
in 525AD the term AD was devised by a monk named Dionysius Exiguus.
2 centuries later, Bede came up with the term "Ante incarnationis domincae tempus" which is the equivalent of BC. I don't know when people actually started calling it BC, but I can't imagine it would be much longer than this date considering what a mouthful the latin version is!
2006-12-28 11:01:55 · answer #1 · answered by battenberg 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the Gregorian calendar of circa 1300 give us 12 months
2006-12-28 11:50:03 · answer #2 · answered by paul t 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the year 1 ad.... That's when.
2006-12-28 10:09:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋