(2nd millennium – 3rd millennium – 4th millennium – other millennia)

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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.

Contents

1 Start and End Dates 1.1 January 1 2001 - December 31 3000 1.2 January 1 2000 - December 31 2999 2 Events 3 Centuries and Decades 4 See also 5 External link

Start and End Dates

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.

Events

It's too early in this millennium to have enough perspective to see which of the events that have occurred so far will be considered sufficiently notable to rank as major events of the millennium, if any. However, some events are listed in the article on the 21st century.

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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