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The millennium celebrations were a worldwide, coordinated series of events to celebrate and commemorate the end of 1999 and the start of the year 2000 in the Gregorian calendar. The celebrations were held as marking the end of the 2nd millennium, the 20th century, and the 1990s decade, and the start of the 3rd millennium, the 21st century, and ...
The 2nd millennium of the Anno Domini or Common Era was a millennium spanning the years 1001 to 2000. It began on 1 January 1001 and ended on 31 December 2000 , (11th to 20th centuries; in astronomy: JD 2 086 667.5 – 2 451 909.5).
2 years would have passed at the end of year 1; and so on... This means that 2000 years, two full millennia, would have passed at the end of year 1999. In other words, the 3rd millennium would have started on New Year's Day 2000.
The end of the second Christian millennium is an appropriate time to examine the significance of the holy years which acted as landmarks to divide periods of history in the Bible, in particular the sabbatical year (every seven years) and the jubilee year (every fifty years), and to reflect on their meaning for us as we prepare to celebrate the ...
May 5, 2024 · Thus, the 1st millennium is defined as spanning years 1–1000 and the 2nd the years 1001–2000. Although numerous popular celebrations marked the start of the year 2000, the 21st century and 3rd millennium ad began on January 1, 2001.
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Dec 20, 1999 · Officially, the new millennium will begin at zero hour, Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), also referred to as Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), on January 1, 2001, according to rules adopted at an...
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Oct 1, 2019 · On January 1, 2000, revelers in Washington join those throughout the world to celebrate the arrival of the twenty-first century and the start of a new millennium.
