| Millennium: | 3rd millennium |
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| 2026 by topic: |
| Arts |
| Animation (Anime)–Architecture – Comics – Film – Home video – Literature (Poetry) – Music (Classical, Country, Hip hop, Jazz, Latin, Metal, Rock, UK, US) – Radio – Photo – Television (UK, US) – Video games |
| Politics and government |
| Elections – International leaders – Sovereign states Sovereign state leaders – Territorial governors |
| Science and technology |
| Archaeology – Biotechnology – Computing – Palaeontology – Quantum computing and communication – Space/Astronomy – Spaceflight |
| Environment |
| Birding/Ornithology |
| Climate change |
| Transportation |
| Aviation – Rail transport |
| Sports |
| American football – Association football – Athletics (sport) – Badminton – Baseball – Basketball – Chess – Combat sports – Cricket – Cycling – Golf – Ice hockey – Rugby union – Swimming – Tennis – Volleyball |
| By place |
| Afghanistan – Albania – Algeria – Andorra – Angola – Antarctica – Argentina – Armenia – Australia – Austria – Azerbaijan – Bangladesh – The Bahamas – Bahrain – Barbados – Belarus – Belgium – Benin – Bhutan – Bolivia – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Botswana – Brazil – Bulgaria – Burkina Faso – Burundi – Cambodia – Cameroon – Canada – Cape Verde – Central African Republic – Chad – Chile – China – Colombia – Costa Rica – Comoros – Croatia – Cuba – Cyprus – Czechia – Denmark – Ecuador – Egypt – El Salvador – Eritrea – Estonia – Ethiopia – European Union – Eswatini – Fiji – Finland – France – Gabon – Georgia – Germany – Ghana – Greece – Guatemala – Guinea – Guinea-Bissau – Guyana – Haiti – Honduras – Hong Kong – Hungary – Iceland – India – Indonesia – Iran – Iraq – Ireland – Israel – Italy – Ivory Coast – Japan – Jordan – Kazakhstan – Kenya – Kiribati – Kosovo – Kuwait – Kyrgyzstan – Laos – Latvia – Lebanon – Lesotho – Liberia – Libya – Lithuania – Luxembourg – Macau – Madagascar – Marshall Islands – Malawi – Malaysia – Mali – Malta – Mauritania – Mexico – Micronesia – Moldova – Mongolia – Montenegro – Morocco – Mozambique – Myanmar – Nauru – Namibia – Nepal – Netherlands – New Zealand – Nicaragua – Niger – Nigeria – North Korea – North Macedonia – Norway – Oman – Pakistan – Palau – Palestine – Panama – Papua New Guinea – Paraguay – Peru – Philippines – Poland – Portugal – Qatar – Romania – Russia – Rwanda – Samoa – Saudi Arabia – Senegal – Serbia – Seychelles – Singapore – Slovakia – Slovenia – Somalia – South Africa – Solomon Islands – South Korea – South Sudan – Spain – Sri Lanka – Sudan – Sweden – Switzerland – Syria – Taiwan – Tajikistan – Tanzania – Thailand – Togo – Tonga – Tunisia – Turkey – Turkmenistan – Tuvalu – Uganda – Ukraine – United Arab Emirates – United Kingdom – United States – Uruguay – Uzbekistan – Vanuatu – Venezuela – Vietnam – Yemen – Zambia – Zimbabwe |
| Other topics |
| Religious leaders |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births – Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Works and introductions categories |
| Works – Introductions Works entering the public domain |
| Gregorian calendar | 2026 MMXXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2779 |
| Armenian calendar | 1475 ԹՎ ՌՆՀԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6776 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 182–183 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1947–1948 |
| Bengali calendar | 1433 |
| Berber calendar | 2976 |
| British Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 2570 |
| Burmese calendar | 1388 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7534–7535 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 4722 or 4662 — to — 丙午年 (Fire Horse) 4723 or 4663 |
| Coptic calendar | 1742–1743 |
| Discordian calendar | 3192 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 2018–2019 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5786–5787 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2082–2083 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1947–1948 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5126–5127 |
| Holocene calendar | 12026 |
| Igbo calendar | 1026–1027 |
| Iranian calendar | 1404–1405 |
| Islamic calendar | 1447–1448 |
| Japanese calendar | Reiwa 8 (令和８年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1959–1960 |
| Juche calendar | 115 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
| Korean calendar | 4359 |
| Minguo calendar | ROC 115 民國115年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 558 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2569 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木蛇年 (female Wood-Snake) 2152 or 1771 or 999 — to — 阳火马年 (male Fire-Horse) 2153 or 1772 or 1000 |
| Unix time | 1767225600 – 1798761599 |
2026 (MMXXVI) will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2026th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 26th year of the 3rd millennium, the 26th year of the 21st century, and the 7th year of the 2020s decade.
This year will mark a quarter of a century into the 3rd millennium and the 21st century.
Predicted and scheduled events
- January 1 – In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1930 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law.
- February 6–22 – The 2026 Winter Olympics are scheduled to be held in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
- March 6–15 – The 2026 Winter Paralympics are scheduled to be held in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
- June–July – The 2026 FIFA World Cup is scheduled to be held in US, Canada, and Mexico.
- July 4 – The 250th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence.
- August 10 – Lunar perigee.
- August 12 – A solar eclipse is predicted.
- November 3 – United States Midterm Elections. All 435 seats of the House of Representatives and class 2 of the Senate are up for election, in addition to many governorships and state legislatures.
Date unknown
- Onboard plutonium generators delivering heat and electricity to Mars Science Laboratory are expected to run out.[1]
- Aniticipated launch of PLATO, the third ESA Cosmic Vision M-class mission.
References
- ^ "Nasa's Curiosity rover on course for Mars landing - BBC News". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved November 12, 2015.