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If there had been a Year 0 it would be easy, but the common calendar always starts counting from the Year 1. That means:

- The first century lasted from 1 to 100

- The second lasted from 101 to 200

- The third lasted from 201 to 300.

and so on.

That means the centuries are always counted one more than the beginning digits (e.g. the first century was '0'01 to 100) except for the year that ends in "00" Confusing enough?

By that rule, 1838 was in the 19th century - 18+1 = 19.

Until the year 2000, newspaper and book records indicate that nearly all people recognized that the last year of a century was the "00", not the first year of the next century. But in 2000, with the fascination of the new millennium and a general unwillingness of the media to check facts, the misconception was started that the 20th century ended in 1999, not 2000. That error spread around the world and is almost impossible to fix, even though scientists, computer people, and calendar experts know the facts.

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