20th century

Summary

20th century is a century^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of century entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,023 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 20th century's instance of is recorded as century^[3].
• 20th century's follows is recorded as 19th century^[4].
• 20th century's followed by is recorded as 21st century^[5].
• 20th century's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85139020^[6].
• 20th century's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2002012476^[7].
• 20th century's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11975995h^[8].
• 20th century's IdRef ID is recorded as 086305646^[9].
• 20th century's part of is recorded as 2nd millennium^[10].
• 20th century's Commons category is recorded as 20th century^[11].
• 20th century's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D049673^[12].
• 20th century's has part is recorded as 1980s^[13].
• 20th century's has part is recorded as 1990s^[14].
• 20th century's has part is recorded as 1970s^[15].
• 20th century's has part is recorded as 1930s^[16].
• 20th century's has part is recorded as 1960s^[17].
• 20th century's has part is recorded as 1920s^[18].
• 20th century's has part is recorded as 1950s^[19].
• 20th century's has part is recorded as 1940s^[20].
• 20th century's has part is recorded as 1900s^[21].
• 20th century's has part is recorded as 1910s^[22].
• 20th century's start time is recorded as +1901-01-01T00:00:00Z^[23].
• 20th century's end time is recorded as +2000-12-31T00:00:00Z^[24].
• 20th century's point in time is recorded as +2000-01-01T00:00:00Z^[25].
• 20th century's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/089_x^[26].
• 20th century's MeSH tree code is recorded as K01.400.504.968^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for 20th century include 20th Century Limited^[28], a train service^[29], in United States^[30], founded in 1902^[31] and short twentieth century^[32], an era^[33].

Why It Matters

20th century ranks in the top 3% of century entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,023 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] It is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]

Entities named for it include 20th Century Limited^[28], a train service^[29], in United States^[30], founded in 1902^[31] and short twentieth century^[32], an era^[33].