7th millennium
The 7th millennium is a period of time which will begin on January 1 6001 and will end on December 31 7000.
Astronomical events
These are astronomical dates, so they are given in the astronomical format of Year Month Day, which allows them to be ordered.
- 6212 November 7: Mercury occults Regulus
- 6587 September 9: Venus occults Regulus
- 6727 August 25: Mars occults Regulus the first time since June 28, 17,619 BC
- 6757 July 5: There is anticipated to be a simultaneous solar eclipse and transit of Mercury, the first such simultaneous eclipse and planetary transit in recorded history.
- 6947 October 9: Mercury occults Regulus
Popular culture
According to the song "In the Year 2525" by Zager and Evans by the year 6565 you'll be able to "pick your son and your daughter too from the bottom of a long glass tube. This test tube baby technology may be available long before then, however.
Science fiction
- The events of the video game series Xenosaga take place sometime in the early 6000s. Due to the vagueness of the times given in Episode 1 of the series ('20xx' followed by '4000 years in the future'), it is possible the events cross over into the 62nd century.
Other
The year 6009 will be the first year since 1961 in which its rendering using the Hindu-Arabic numeral system will create a numeral which can be inverted, rendering the same numeral; this works in many sans-serif fonts, much handwriting, and in the standard Seven-segment display of electronic devices. Note that seven-segment displays may not be common in the year 6009.
References
- Simultaneous Transits by Meeus and Vitagliano (pdf, 315KB)
- Conjunctions of Regulus and the planets (in German)