Why do we reference centuries a step ahead of the year? For example 1900s – 20th Century?

Question

Why not 20th Century being 2000- 2999?

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Answer 1

Years 0-100 = first century

100-200 = 2nd century. So, year 150 is the 2nd century. Year 250 is 3rd century, and so on.