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 |
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