When did we start counting years in our current calendar? Did Jesus die and people just said “ok we are now in 33AD and there will be 12 sections every year, each with around 30 days”.

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When did we start counting years in our current calendar? Did Jesus die and people just said “ok we are now in 33AD and there will be 12 sections every year, each with around 30 days”.

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There was a British monk named Bede in the 700s AD who calculated Jesus’ birth year and created the AD/BC system. Fun fact, he goofed up and that’s why Jesus is now listed as born between 4 BC and 2 BC.

Before that see the most common calendar in Europe used AUC, which pit its 0 year at the founding of the city of Rome