The current century is the 21st: 2001 to 3000 inclusive.
The 20th century was 1901 to 2000 inclusive
The 19th century was 1801 to 1900 inclusive
The 18th century was 1701 to 1800 inclusive
The 17th century was 1601 to 1700 incusive . . . . and so on
to:
The 1st century was 1 to 100 inclusive
The 1st century BC was 1 to 100 BC
The 2nd century BC was 101 to 200 BC . . . and so on back for
millions of years to the creation of the planet.