what is the 19th century?

Question

tell me the dates please...the 18th century, the 19th century and the 20th century....what century are we in now????

Answer 1

The 19th century lasted from 1801 through 1900 in the Gregorian calendar. Historians sometimes define a "Nineteenth Century" historical era stretching from 1815 (The Congress of Vienna) to 1914 (The outbreak of the First World War); alternatively, Eric Hobsbawm defined the "Long Nineteenth Century" as spanning the years 1789 (the French Revolution) to 1914. Some other scholars even include the preceding period, starting a Very long 19th century at the American Declaration of Independence.

During this century, the Spanish, Portuguese, and Ottoman empires began to crumble and the Holy Roman and Mughal empires ceased.

Following the Napoleonic Wars, the British Empire became the world's leading power, controlling one quarter of the world's population and one third of the land area. It enforced a Pax Britannica, encouraged trade, and battled rampant piracy.

Slavery was greatly reduced around the world. Following a successful slave revolt in Haiti, Britain forced the Barbary pirates to halt their practice of kidnapping and enslaving Europeans, banned slavery throughout its domain, and charged its navy with ending the global slave trade. Slavery was then abolished in Russia, America, and Brazil (see Abolitionism).

Electricity, steel, and petroleum fueled a Second Industrial Revolution which enabled Germany, Japan, and the United States to become Great Powers that raced to create empires of their own. However, Russia and Qing Dynasty China failed to keep pace with the other world powers which led to massive social unrest in both empires.

the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800 in the Gregorian calendar.

History scholars sometimes specifically define the 18th century otherwise for the purposes of their work. For example the "short" 18th century may be defined as 1715-1789, denoting the period of time between the death of Louis XIV of France and the start of the French Revolution[1][2], while the "long" eighteenth century may run from the Glorious Revolution of 1689 to the battle of Waterloo in 1815[3] or even later.[4]

The 20th century of the Anno Domini (common) era began on January 1, 1901 and ended on December 31, 2000, according to the Gregorian calendar. A common misconception is that it started in 1900 and ended in 1999 even though popular culture reflected the correct numbering convention in such things such as the movie, 2001, which dealt with the beginning of the next century. Some historians consider the era from about 1914 to 1992 to be the Short Twentieth Century.

The twentieth century was a period of radical departure from almost every previous area of human activity. Accelerating scientific understanding, better communications, faster transportation transformed the world in those hundred years more than any time in the past. It was a century that started with steam powered ships as the most sophisticated means of transport, and ended with the space shuttle. Horses, and other pack animals, Western humanity's basic form of personal transportation for thousands of years were replaced by automobiles within the span of a few decades.

The twentieth century saw a remarkable shift in the way that vast numbers of people lived, as a result of technological, medical, social, ideological, and political innovation. Arguably more technological advances occurred in any 10 year period following World War I than the sum total of new technological development in any previous century. Terms like ideology, world war, genocide, and nuclear war entered common usage and became an influence on the lives of everyday people. War reached an unprecedented scale and level of sophistication; in the Second World War (1939-1945) alone, approximately 57 million people died, mainly due to massive improvements in weaponry. The trends of mechanization of goods and services and networks of global communication, which were begun in the 19th century, continued at an ever-increasing pace in the 20th. In spite of the terror and chaos, the 20th century saw many attempts at world peace. Virtually every aspect of life in virtually every human society changed in some fundamental way or another during the twentieth century and for the first time, any individual could influence the course of history no matter their background. Arguably, the 20th century re-shaped the face of the planet in more ways than any previous century.

Scientific discoveries such as the theory of relativity and quantum physics radically changed the worldview of scientists, causing them to realize that the universe was much more complex than they had previously believed, and dashing the hopes at the end of the preceding century that the last few details of scientific knowledge were about to be filled in.

Answer 2

This is the 21st Century
The 20th Century 1900-2000
The 19th Century1800-1900
The 18th Century1700-1800

Answer 3

In the Christian calendar, the years 0 AD to 99 AD were the 1st century, the years 100 AD to 199 AD were the second century, so the 1700's would be the 18th century, the 1800's would be the 19th century. We are now in the 21st century. Those centuries BC were counted in the opposite direction, of course.

Answer 4

The 18th century is the period from 1700-1799.
The 19th century is from 1800-1899.
The 20th century is from 1900-1999.
We are currently in the 21st century.

Answer 5

The century designation is confusing. The reason that we are in the 2000, but we are in the 21st century is because the first century went from 0 - 99 (or before the 100's, which sort of seem like they should be the first century, but they are the second)

Answer 6

18th century = 1701 - 1800
19th century = 1801 - 1900
20th century = 1901 2000
we are in the 21st century 2001-2100

Answer 7

19 th century spans between year 1800 up until 1899 december 31

we are now in the 21st century
and for those who think that the turn of century is one plus something hundred:
1st century is considered to start at year 0, so it makes good sense to think of 1800 as 19th century

Answer 8

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what is the 19th century?
tell me the dates please...the 18th century, the 19th century and the 20th century....what century are we in now????

Answer 9

we're in the 21st century
19th century = 1800 -1900
20th century = 1900 - 2000
21st century = 2000~~~>

Answer 10

We are in 21 st century