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1900

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Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 18th century19th century20th century
Decades: 1870s  1880s  1890s  – 1900s –  1910s  1920s  1930s
Years: 1897 1898 189919001901 1902 1903
1900 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1900
MCM
Ab urbe condita2653
Armenian calendar1349
ԹՎ ՌՅԽԹ
Assyrian calendar6650
Bahá'í calendar56–57
Balinese saka calendar1821–1822
Bengali calendar1307
Berber calendar2850
British Regnal year63 Vict. 1 – 64 Vict. 1
Buddhist calendar2444
Burmese calendar1262
Byzantine calendar7408–7409
Chinese calendar己亥(Earth Pig)
4596 or 4536
    — to —
庚子年 (Metal Rat)
4597 or 4537
Coptic calendar1616–1617
Discordian calendar3066
Ethiopian calendar1892–1893
Hebrew calendar5660–5661
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1956–1957
 - Shaka Samvat1821–1822
 - Kali Yuga5000–5001
Holocene calendar11900
Igbo calendar900–901
Iranian calendar1278–1279
Islamic calendar1317–1318
Japanese calendarMeiji 33
(明治33年)
Javanese calendar1829–1830
Julian calendarGregorian minus 12 or 13 days
Korean calendar4233
Minguo calendar12 before ROC
民前12年
Nanakshahi calendar432
Thai solar calendar2442–2443
Tibetan calendar阴土猪年
(female Earth-Pig)
2026 or 1645 or 873
    — to —
阳金鼠年
(male Iron-Rat)
2027 or 1646 or 874

1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Saturday in the Julian calendar. It was last year of the 19th century. The Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar as of the start of the year. The year 1900 was also the year of the rat on the Chinese calendar.

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