Talk:Jiroemon Kimura

Kimura's exact time of death

According to reports, Kimura died eight minutes past 2 local time the night of Wednesday 12 June 2013, but is the reported time of death really reliable? Did the doctors at the hospital he was admitted to for a month really notice properly what the time was when he suddenly stopped breathing?

P.S.: Kimura did not die of pneumonia, as some sourced have claimed, but he was hospitalized for pneumonia in mid and late May 2013, and recovered. However, a report says his health started worsening again in early-June, as he suffered from hypoglycemia as well as declining urine production and response. I have learnt he got treatment for hypoglycemia, but unfortunately died the night of 12 June.212.100.101.104 (talk) 12:38, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

Jiroemon Kimura on other languages

I wonder if it is possible to change the articles about Kimura on Wikipedia in other languages, for example Swedish Wikipedia, so that the information matches the information here on enwiki. The article in Swedish Wikipedia says Kimura was "the last living man born in the 1800s" rather than "the last living man born in the 19th century (Swedish: 19:e seklet or 19:e århundradet)", despite that "the 19th century (19:e seklet/århundradet in Swedish)" is supposed to be used in this context. Now enwiki has a proper reference, the GRG website, that proves that Kimura became the last verified living man born in the 19th century after James Sisnett's death, so this information is NOT any "research" or "theory".

Something notable here is that the 19th century is supposed to be counted from the year 1801 to (the end of) year 1900, and not from 1800 to 1899 as the 1800s. A century is supposed to be counted from a year 100x + 1 to year 100y, for example the 1st century AD is the years 1 to 100, the 2nd century AD the years 101 to 200 and so on, so the 19th century started after the end of year 1800 and ended after the end of year 1900. Although most people celebrated the start of a new millennium in the beginning of year 2000, the "real start of a new millennium" was in the beginning of year 2001, as Millennium II actually ended in (the end of) year 2000 and not 1999. 90.231.234.93 (talk) 13:13, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

It seems that the 19th century in Swedish is referred to 1800 to 1899 rather than 1801 to 1900, although the years 1801 to 1900 would be a more correct definition. I attempted to add a note in Swedish Wikipedia that 1800-talet is almost synonymous with 19:e århundradet, but it seems that the stubborn admins of Swedish Wikipedia refuse to accept such edits. According to Svenska Akademiens ordbok, however, "adertonde århundradet" is referring to the years 1701-1800 rather than 1700-1799, so "nittonde århundradet" (the 19th century) should therefore refer to the years 1801-1900 rather than 1800-1899. In English, the years 1801-1900 is referred to as the 19th century while the years 1800-1899 however is referred to as the 1800s, so there is a difference between those two. 212.100.101.104 (talk) 11:44, 17 August 2024 (UTC) 212.100.101.104 (talk) 11:44, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

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