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3rd millennium

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The third millennium is the third period of one thousand years in the Common Era. However, there are two opinions on the start and end dates.

1 Centuries and Decades
2 See also
3 External link

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January 1 2001 - December 31 3000

For those who start counting their calendar from January 1 1, then the third millennium began on January 1, 2001 and will end on December 31, 3000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar.

January 1 2000 - December 31 2999

In the sense of the Common Era calendar the third millennium began on January 1, 2000 and will end on December 31, 2999 . The majority of the celebrations for the start of the third millennium occurred at midnight on December 31 1999 / January 1 2000. The first decade of the new millennium (see below) contains the year 2000.

Centuries and Decades

21st century 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s 2050s 2060s 2070s 2080s 2090s
22nd century 2100s 2110s 2120s 2130s 2140s 2150s 2160s 2170s 2180s 2190s
23rd century 2200s 2210s 2220s 2230s 2240s 2250s 2260s 2270s 2280s 2290s
24th century 2300s 2310s 2320s 2330s 2340s 2350s 2360s 2370s 2380s 2390s

See also

Common Era

External link

A website arguing that the new millennum began on January 1, 2000 http://www.hermetic.ch/cal_stud/newmill.htm




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