This section shows how dates are expressed in English and mentions some famous historical dates.
Asking the date
what's the date today? |
what's today's date? |
Dates
15 October or October 15 |
Monday, 1 January |
on 2 February |
at the beginning of July |
in mid-December |
at the end of March |
by the end of June |
Years
1984 |
2000 |
2005 |
2018 |
in 2007 |
AD |
BC |
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Telling the time |
The weather
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Centuries
the 17th century |
the 18th century |
the 19th century |
the 20th century |
the 21st century |
Some famous dates
1066 — Battle of Hastings |
1776 — US Declaration of Independence |
1789-1799 — the French Revolution |
1939-1945 — Second World War |
1989 — Fall of the Berlin Wall |
2012 — London Olympics |
44 BC — the death of Julius Caesar |
79 AD — eruption of Vesuvius |