A
centennial or a
centenary is a
100-year anniversary.
Governments often declare a
Centennial Day in honor of such anniversaries. Some monarchies, including the
Low Countries, allow organisations that have celebrated their centennial anniversary to adopt (or petition for) the entirely honorary predicate 'Royal' (or its equivalent, e.g.
koninklijk in
Dutch).
century (From the Latin
cent, one hundred) is one hundred consecutive years.
- In all dating systems, centuries are essentially numbered ordinally. Thus, the first century of a time frame is "The First Century" and not "Century 0".
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Sometimes, a jurisdiction will declare a public holiday on the 100th anniversary of its founding, even if the anniversary is not normally a holiday. In English-speaking jurisdictions this will normally be known as Centennial Day.
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Low Countries, the historical region of de Nederlanden, are the countries on low-lying land around the delta of the Rhine, Scheldt, and Meuse (Maas) rivers. The term is more appropriate to the era of the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Europe when strong centrally
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Writing system: Latin alphabet (Dutch variant)
Official status
Official language of: Aruba
Belgium
European Union
European Union
Netherlands Antilles
Suriname
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