alleryStart learning →The Gregorian calendar counts years forward from the conventional year of whose birth?
AGautama Buddha
BEmperor Ashoka
CAlexander
DJesus Christ
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Jesus Christ
In the West the conventional year of Jesus Christ's birth is the starting point of this calendar.
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