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In contemporary history, the third millennium is the current millennium in the Anno Domini or Common Era, under the Gregorian calendar. It began on 1 January 2001 (MMI) and will end on 31 December 3000 (MMM), spanning the 21st to 30th centuries.

Ongoing futures studies seek to understand what will likely continue and what could plausibly change in this period and beyond.

Predictions and forecasts not included on this timeline

21st century

For coverage of past events, see 21st century and Timeline of the 21st century.

2000s

Main article: 2000s

2010s

Main article: 2010s

2020s

Main article: 2020s

2030s

Main article: 2030s

2040s

"2040" redirects here. For the film, see 2040 (film).
"2042" redirects here. For the game, see Battlefield 2042.
"2046" redirects here. For the film, see 2046 (film).

2050s

"2050" redirects here. For the film, see 2050 (film).
"2055" redirects here. For the song, see 2055 (song).

2060s

"2061" and "2067" redirect here. For other uses, see 2061 (disambiguation) and 2067 (disambiguation).

2070s

"2071" redirects here. For the play, see 2071 (play).
"2073" redirects here. For the Asif Kapadia film, see 2073 (film).
"2077" redirects here. For the video game, see Cyberpunk 2077.
  • 2070: According to an announcement made by Indian prime minister Narendra Modi in 2021, India will be carbon neutral.[20]
  • 2076- 300th anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence
  • 2079: For computer software using unsigned 16-bit binary day counts and an epoch of 1 January 1900, the counts will overflow after 65,536 (216) days, which will occur on 6 June 2079.

2080s

"2081" redirects here. For the short film, see 2081 (film).
"2085" redirects here. For the song by AJR, see The Maybe Man.
"2088" redirects here. For the 2016 album, see Twenty88.

2090s

"2091" redirects here. For the TV series, see 2091 (TV series).
"2093" redirects here. For the Yeat album, see 2093 (album).
"2099" redirects here. For the Marvel Comics imprint, see Marvel 2099.

2100s

22nd century

Several terms redirect here. For other uses, see 22nd century (disambiguation), 2150 (disambiguation), the song 2120 South Michigan Avenue, the video games Battlefield 2142, Earth 2140 and Earth 2160, the short film 21-87, and SMPTE 2110 video networking standard

2100s

2110s

2140s

"2140" redirects here. For the video game, see Earth 2140.
"2142" redirects here. For the video game, see Battlefield 2142.
  • 2140: All of the roughly 21 million Bitcoins are expected to be mined.[40]

2150s

  • 2155: The year type in MySQL supports dates up to 31 December 2155.[41]

2160s

"2160" redirects here. For the video game, see Earth 2160.

2170s

  • 2178: On 23 March, Pluto will have completed its first full orbit since its discovery in 1930.

2180s

  • 2182: On 24 September, asteroid 101955 Bennu has a 1-in-2,700 chance of impacting Earth.[42]

23rd century

24th century

"2312" redirects here. For the novel, see 2312 (novel).
"2359" redirects here. For the film, see 23:59 (film).
For minor planets numbered 2301–2400, see List of minor planets: 2001–3000 § 301. For the similarly numbered century BC, see 24th century BC. For noteworthy numbers in the range 2301–2400, see 2000 (number).
  • 2333: It is projected that the Dounreay nuclear site will be safe to use for other purposes.[43]
  • 2353: The date of Easter as conventionally calculated will be five weeks earlier than its hypothetical date according to astronomical principles, in a "negative equinoctial paradox". Along with 2372, this will be one of only two such occurrences between 2020 and 4000.[44]
  • 2372: The date of Easter will see another "negative equinoctial paradox", this time four weeks earlier than its hypothetical date. This will be the last such occurrence before the year 4000.[44]
  • 2386: If not repealed or otherwise voided, the Treaty of Windsor (1386) between England and Portugal, currently the oldest military alliance still in effect, will have stood for one thousand years.[45]
  • 2391: Palm Sunday and Saint Patrick's Day will coincide for the first time since 1940; the "wearing of the shamrock and the palm together" was seen as presaging a great event in Ireland.[46][47]
  • 2400: The first century leap year since 2000.

25th century

  • 2425: If not repealed or overridden, the annual funding increase of $325 per student to Wisconsin public schools, which began in 2023, will end.[48]
  • 2439 (estimated): The "Across the Universe" message broadcast by NASA in 2008 will reach Polaris.[49]

26th century

  • c. 2500: Climate projections predict a barren landscape for the Amazon rainforest amid low water levels due to vegetation decline.[50][51]
  • 2531:
    • Professor Hiroshi Yoshida of Tohoku University conducted a study in 2024 which suggests every Japanese person will have the surname "Sato-san" unless a law regulating couples to a single surname is not changed before this time.[52][53]

27th century

28th century

  • Earth will experience 241 lunar eclipses.[55]
  • 2800: The second century leap year in the 3rd millennium, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The Revised Julian Calendar, however, observes a leap year in 2900 instead; those Orthodox Churches (e.g. Greek) using the Revised Julian Calendar to calculate fixed-date feasts will, if no changes are made to the calendar before then, celebrate fixed-date feasts a day earlier than Catholic and Protestant churches from March 2800 until February 2900. For example, through this century, such Orthodox Churches will be celebrating Christmas Day while simultaneously Catholic and Protestant churches are marking Christmas Eve.[56]

29th century

"2894" redirects here. For the novel, see 2894 (novel).

30th century

"3000 A.D." redirects here. For the film, see Captive Women. For the Busted song, see Year 3000.
  • 2999:
    • The Longplayer composition is set to finish on 31 December 2999, marking the end of the thousand-year piece of music, which began on 1 January 2000.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ These go against Wikipedia's WP:NPOV policy under WP:BIAS.
  2. ^ The Oldbury Nuclear Power Station is located in South Gloucestershire, England.

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