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      • The second millennium of the Anno Domini or Common Era was a millennium spanning the years 1001 to 2000 (11th to 20th centuries; in astronomy: JD 2086667.5 – 2451909.5).
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  2. Jan 1, 1001 - Dec 31, 2000. The second millennium of the Anno Domini or Common Era was a millennium spanning the years 1001 to 2000. It encompassed the High and Late Middle Ages of the Old...

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    See also: Ante Christum natum. The Anno Domini dating system was devised in 525 by Dionysius Exiguus to enumerate the years in his Easter table. His system was to replace the Diocletian era that had been used in an old Easter table, as he did not wish to continue the memory of a tyrant who persecuted Christians. The last year of the old table, Dioc...

    See also: Date of birth of Jesus. The date of birth of Jesus of Nazareth is not stated in the gospels or in any secular text, but most scholars assume a date of birth between 6 BC and 4 BC. The historical evidence is too fragmentary to allow a definitive dating, but the date is estimated through two different approaches—one by analyzing references ...

    During the first six centuries of what would come to be known as the Christian era, European countries used various systems to count years. Systems in use included consular dating, imperial regnal year dating, and Creation dating. Although the last non-imperial consul, Basilius, was appointed in 541 by Emperor Justinian I, later emperors through to...

    See main article: Common Era. Alternative names for the Anno Domini era include vulgaris aerae (found 1615 in Latin), "Vulgar Era" (in English, as early as 1635), "Christian Era" (in English, in 1652), "Common Era" (in English, 1708), and "Current Era". Since 1856, the alternative abbreviations CE and BCE(sometimes written C.E. and B.C.E.) are some...

    In the AD year numbering system, whether applied to the Julian or Gregorian calendars, AD 1 is immediately preceded by 1 BC, with nothing in between them (there was no year zero). There are debates as to whether a new decade, century, or millennium begins on a year ending in zero or one. For computational reasons, astronomical year numbering and th...

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    Encyclopedia: Anno Domini . Merriam Webster Online Dictionary . 2003 . . Etymology: Medieval Latin, in the year of the Lord . 4 October 2011 .
    Web site: Online Etymology Dictionary . 4 October 2011 .
    "since AD stands for anno Domini, 'in the year of (Our) Lord'"
  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › 21st_century21st century - Wikipedia

    The 21st century is the current century in the Anno Domini or Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. It began on 1 January 2001 and will end on 31 December 2100. It is the first century of the 3rd millennium.

  4. Jan 13, 2020 · Updated on January 13, 2020. Definition: A.D. is the Latin abbreviation for Anno Domini, which means 'in the year of our Lord,' or, more fully, anno domini nostri Jesu Christi 'the year of our Lord Jesus Christ.'. A.D. is used with dates in the current era, which is considered the era since the birth of Christ.

  5. Dec 23, 2021 · Few of them will think about the fact that A.D. signals “anno Domini,” Latin for “in the year of our Lord.” ... My fascination with time was nurtured by the millennium and the hype that ...

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  6. The second millennium of the Anno Domini or Common Era was a millennium spanning the years 1001 to 2000. It began on 1 January 1001 (MI) and ended on 31 December 2000 (MM), (11th to 20th centuries; in astronomy: JD 2086667.5 – 2451909.5). It encompassed the High and Late Middle Ages of the Old...

  7. The abbreviation is also widely used after the number of a century or millennium, as in "fourth century AD" or "second millennium AD". Because BC is the English abbreviation for Before Christ, it is sometimes incorrectly concluded that AD means After Death, i.e., after the death of Jesus.

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