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<h2 id="predictions-and-forecasts-not-included-on-this-timeline">Predictions and forecasts not included on this timeline</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Prediction or forecast</th><th>Reason</th></tr><tr><td>Apocalyptic events</td><td>Redundant to: <a href="/facts/List_of_dates_predicted_for_apocalyptic_events/Lh7coehz">List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events</a></td></tr><tr><td>Astronomical events</td><td>Redundant to: <a href="/facts/List_of_future_astronomical_events/TAxfun52">List of future astronomical events</a>, there are also articles for <a href="/facts/List_of_lunar_eclipses_in_the_21st_century/lYFdMznh">lunar</a> and <a href="/facts/List_of_solar_eclipses_in_the_21st_century/JWFnVWnV">solar</a> eclipses in the 21st century.</td></tr><tr><td>Calendar events</td><td>Redundant to: <a href="/facts/List_of_future_calendar_events/Vn0acP7L">List of future calendar events</a></td></tr><tr><td>Fictional events</td><td>Redundant to: <a href="/facts/Near_future_in_fiction/Xpa7J5Jj">Near future in fiction</a> and <a href="/facts/List_of_films_set_in_the_future/KLz4kwa4">List of films set in the future</a></td></tr><tr><td>Near future <a href="/facts/Centennial/m8UNg9E9">centennial</a> (bi, tri, etc.) events</td><td>There is a consensus not to include these due to global bias issues.</td></tr><tr><td>Population</td><td>Redundant to: <a href="/facts/Projections_of_population_growth/edtuH8mT">Projections of population growth</a></td></tr><tr><td>Second Coming</td><td>Redundant to: <a href="/facts/Predictions_and_claims_for_the_Second_Coming/mAT4mjVu">Predictions and claims for the Second Coming</a></td></tr><tr><td>Time capsules</td><td>Redundant to: <a href="/facts/List_of_time_capsules/fzhpXXch">List of time capsules</a>, there are between 10,000 and 15,000 time capsules worldwide.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="21st-century">21st century</h2> <p class="note">For coverage of past events, see <a href="/facts/21st_century/0v01MLms">21st century</a> and <a href="/facts/Timeline_of_the_21st_century/lfhH0ATu">Timeline of the 21st century</a>.</p> <h3>2000s</h3> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/2000s/wqd1bmw2">2000s</a></p> <ul><li>See: <a href="/facts/2000/UbBNQdMl">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/2001/oo7IoNIA">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/2002/8anKm4m1">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/2003/jR4SwKlP">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/2004/0yE6vkMU">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/2005/gV0sNsas">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/2006/3BeSooyh">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/2007/WjIPeDN1">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/2008/nrFQTFDH">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/2009/yEThXjmg">2009</a></li></ul> <h3>2010s</h3> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/2010s/qUX1pjJD">2010s</a></p> <ul><li>See: <a href="/facts/2010/aNH2Is5x">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/2011/GAc8rcgs">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/2012/XEX1VQNP">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/2013/eQaDXDHl">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/2014/dJ82Jq47">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/2015/bcMDMUaf">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/2016/VTotH5cp">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/2017/GtS7nQdn">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/2018/dkwRKqoo">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/2019/HR1M318D">2019</a></li></ul> <h3>2020s</h3> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/2020s/fTnjhNJ2">2020s</a></p> <ul><li>See: <a href="/facts/2020/o49o8AaY">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/2021/7TI7Mcnk">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/2022/6xouULBp">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/2023/xUnp4b0W">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/2024/oobtmKEa">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/2025/zDNPTD1E">2025</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/2026/58w6nH86">2026</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/2027/VITVrtnK">2027</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/2028/S7hAcwEQ">2028</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/2029/xksxM9Va">2029</a></li></ul> <h3>2030s</h3> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/2030s/MYuG4Hzd">2030s</a></p> <h3>2040s</h3> <p class="note">"2040" redirects here. For the film, see <a href="/facts/2040_(film)/SIjbkIMd"><i>2040</i> (film)</a>.</p> <p class="note">"2042" redirects here. For the game, see <a href="/facts/Battlefield_2042/f5Vb06HV"><i>Battlefield 2042</i></a>.</p> <p class="note">"2045" redirects here. For the game, see <a href="/facts/2045_(game)/8Bh6REms"><i>2045</i> (game)</a>.</p> <p class="note">"2046" redirects here. For the film, see <a href="/facts/2046_(film)/lDSohHzC"><i>2046</i> (film)</a>.</p> <ul><li>2040: End year of the <a href="/facts/Baku_City_Master_Plan/enw397Ak">Baku City Master Plan</a> implementation.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> <li>2041: <ul><li>The <a href="/facts/Antarctic_treaty/huNS5BLE">Antarctic treaty</a> is scheduled to come under review.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li>2042: <ul><li>17 September: a common <a href="/facts/Time_formatting_and_storage_bugs/1K5tbwIa">computing representation of date and time</a> on <a href="/facts/IBM_mainframe/0kPkgADx">IBM mainframe</a> systems will overflow with potential results similar to the <a href="/facts/Year_2000_problem/GQwkI92d">year 2000 problem</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>2045: <ul><li>31 December: <a href="/facts/Bill_Gates/z16t4m7s">Bill Gates</a> announced that <a href="/facts/Gates_Foundation/IW7prjCH">Gates Foundation</a> is scheduled to cease operations.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li>2047: On 1 July, the "<a href="/facts/One_country%2c_two_systems/CHzQfHpz">one country, two systems</a>" principle's guarantee in <a href="/facts/Hong_Kong/4nAf3mqQ">Hong Kong</a> is scheduled to end, as it was guaranteed for 50 years starting from 1 July 1997, provided under the <a href="/facts/Hong_Kong_Basic_Law/zeFCXvp1">Hong Kong Basic Law</a>. The agreement was raised by <a href="/facts/Deng_Xiaoping/qloJ6G8m">Deng Xiaoping</a> to deal with <a href="/facts/Handover_of_Hong_Kong/Wv4sKyMv">Hong Kong's reunification</a> with the <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">People's Republic of China</a> in 1997, and stipulated in the <a href="/facts/Sino-British_Joint_Declaration/GKUzoRQd">Sino-British Joint Declaration</a> of 1984.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> However, in February 2024, <a href="/facts/Xia_Baolong/xF2WxMB1">Xia Baolong</a>, the head of the <a href="/facts/Hong_Kong_and_Macau_Affairs_Office/H233gyLD">Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office</a>, said that the system would be kept permanently.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li> <li>2048: On 14 January, the <a href="/facts/Protocol_on_Environmental_Protection_to_the_Antarctic_Treaty/qfjouhmF">Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty</a> is scheduled to come up for review.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></li> <li>2049: <ul><li>October 1: Scheduled completion of the <a href="/facts/Belt_and_Road_Initiative/JdEEIoaF">Belt and Road Initiative</a>, coinciding with the <a href="/facts/100th_anniversary_of_the_People%2527s_Republic_of_China/f5vyJNJ9">100th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></li> <li>On 20 December, the "<a href="/facts/One_country%2c_two_systems/CHzQfHpz">one country, two systems</a>" arrangement with <a href="/facts/Macau/klWBBy2L">Macau</a>, guaranteed for 50 years starting from 20 December 1999, provided under the <a href="/facts/Macau_Basic_Law/lpYUfqd1">Basic Law</a> and the <a href="/facts/Joint_Declaration_on_the_Question_of_Macau/hrjGv1po">Joint Declaration on the Question of Macau</a>, will expire.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></li> <li>The <a href="/facts/News_embargo/c4ffGjsP">embargoed</a> 37-million-word diary of <a href="/facts/Robert_Shields_(diarist)/EyJmggpF">Robert Shields</a> will become available to read and count words.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></li></ul></li></ul> <h3>2050s</h3> <p class="note">"2050" redirects here. For the film, see <a href="/facts/2050_(film)/VnGxKf2n"><i>2050</i> (film)</a>. For the baseball feat, see <a href="/facts/20%25E2%2580%259350_club/HL6jNrLn">20–50 club</a>.</p> <p class="note">"2055" redirects here. For the song, see <a href="/facts/2055_(song)/a2wwt50r">2055 (song)</a>.</p> <ul><li>2050: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Three-North_Shelter_Forest_Program/YaKk7ccx">Three-North Shelter Forest Program</a> is expected to be completed.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></li> <li>Under <a href="/facts/Predator_Free_2050/fHrovbnz">a plan announced in July 2016</a>, New Zealand aims to eradicate all non-<a href="/facts/Native_species/03kpM3rf">native</a> <a href="/facts/Rat/J2daVSTB">rats</a>, <a href="/facts/Phalangeriformes/76UruwPo">possums</a>, and <a href="/facts/Mustelidae/AosRe1Rm">mustelids</a> by this year.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></li> <li>The case files surrounding the 1943 death of the former <a href="/facts/Lieutenant_general/kwDr2Kf8">lieutenant general</a> of the <a href="/facts/Polish_Army/7NHPG2FY">Polish Army</a> and first <a href="/facts/Prime_Minister/RKQSQbMy">Prime Minister</a> of the <a href="/facts/Polish_government_in_exile/zmK5lw9a">Polish government in exile</a>, <a href="/facts/W%25C5%2582adys%25C5%2582aw_Sikorski/MMV9ysB0">Władysław Sikorski</a>, are expected to be declassified this year by the <a href="/facts/Government_of_the_United_Kingdom/3zLlUWbx">British government</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> Due to tensions between the <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a>, the <a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto">Soviet Union</a>, and <a href="/facts/Nazi_Germany/8kRbqRpo">Nazi Germany</a>, the circumstances of his death <a href="/facts/W%25C5%2582adys%25C5%2582aw_Sikorski%2527s_death_controversy/I77YfWx1">has led to disputes over whether the crash was deliberate or not</a>. The official conclusion by the British government is that the crash was accidental. However, the Polish government refused to endorse this report on the basis of a lack of conclusive findings and contradictions within the British evidence.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> In 2008, an investigation was opened by the Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation of the <a href="/facts/Institute_of_National_Remembrance/dtJtcbrx">Institute of National Remembrance</a>, and concluded in 2013 that there is not enough evidence to prove or disprove the sabotage theory.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li>2051: <ul><li>April: One of the <a href="/facts/Message_to_Extra-Terrestrial_Intelligence/FywPqWz5">METI</a> messages <a href="/facts/Cosmic_Call_1/X4bWHSvk">Cosmic Call 1</a> sent from the 70-meter <a href="/facts/Yevpatoria_RT-70_radio_telescope/4TfJqdSw">Eupatoria Planetary Radar</a> in 1999 arrives at its destination, the <a href="/facts/Gliese_777/sGmA45pq">Gliese 777</a> system.</li></ul></li> <li>2054: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Hawksbill_Creek_Agreement/K09QQMDT">Hawksbill Creek Agreement</a> granting tax exemptions and special economic status for <a href="/facts/Freeport%2c_Bahamas/DLyMuaW9">Freeport, Bahamas</a>, is set to expire.</li></ul></li></ul> <h3>2060s</h3> <p class="note">"2061" and "2067" redirect here. For other uses, see <a href="/facts/2061_(disambiguation)/49Pp73mf">2061 (disambiguation)</a> and <a href="/facts/2067_(disambiguation)/n6pVq2YB">2067 (disambiguation)</a>.</p> <ul><li>2060: <ul><li>The <a href="/facts/Chinese_government/wGcnIR4s">Chinese government</a> aims for China to be <a href="/facts/Carbon_neutral/llsAknfI">carbon neutral</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a> aims to be carbon neutral.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li>2061: <ul><li>31 December: Expiration of the <a href="/facts/Water_conflicts_between_Malaysia_and_Singapore/8nL8lCRh">Singapore-Malaysia Water Agreement</a>.</li> <li>All 6 reactors from the <a href="/facts/Fukushima_Daiichi_Nuclear_Power_Plant/oEeao1Lz">Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant</a> are planned to be decommissioned by this time. (30 to 40 years from 2021)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a> However, according to a 2023 report by <a href="/facts/Voice_of_America/PrTjgDn7">Voice of America</a>, some experts have said "it would be impossible to remove all the melted fuel debris by 2051 and would take 50-100 years, if achieved at all."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li>2065: <ul><li>The process of cleanup and decommissioning the <a href="/facts/Chernobyl_Nuclear_Power_Plant/CwU9t3Yk">Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant</a>, following the 1986 <a href="/facts/Chernobyl_disaster/mNj9JHyf">Chernobyl disaster</a>, is projected to be finished.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a></li></ul></li></ul> <h3>2070s</h3> <p class="note">"2071" redirects here. For the play, see <a href="/facts/2071_(play)/Fy0lsccY"><i>2071</i> (play)</a>.</p> <p class="note">"2073" redirects here. For the Asif Kapadia film, see <a href="/facts/2073_(film)/eS0Qtm42"><i>2073</i> (film)</a>.</p> <p class="note">"2077" redirects here. For the video game, see <a href="/facts/Cyberpunk_2077/j7ND4qao"><i>Cyberpunk 2077</i></a>.</p> <ul><li>2070: According to an announcement made by Indian prime minister <a href="/facts/Narendra_Modi/bVn4fGGz">Narendra Modi</a> in 2021, India will be carbon neutral.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Time_formatting_and_storage_bugs/1K5tbwIa">2079</a>: 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.</li></ul> <h3>2080s</h3> <p class="note">"2081" redirects here. For the short film, see <a href="/facts/2081_(film)/1dTd5XWk"><i>2081</i> (film)</a>.</p> <p class="note">"2085" redirects here. For the song by AJR, see <a href="/facts/2085_(AJR_song)/uXeQW2lo">2085 (AJR song)</a>.</p> <p class="note">"2088" redirects here. For the 2016 album, see <a href="/facts/Twenty88/PTMNBbhw"><i>Twenty88</i></a>.</p> <ul><li>2085: The "secret" letter of <a href="/facts/Queen_Elizabeth_II/os6eB47B">Queen Elizabeth II</a> will be opened in <a href="/facts/Sydney%2c_Australia/8TegRcwB">Sydney, Australia</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a></li> <li>2089: During the months of May and June, insect <a href="/facts/Periodical_cicadas/ttezpGju"><i>Magicicada</i></a> broods <a href="/facts/Brood_X/caIsmU8G">X</a> (17-year) and <a href="/facts/Brood_XIX/g12QANkm">XIX</a> (13-year) will emerge simultaneously. This will be the first time this will occur since 1868; next time will be in 2310. This event occurs only once in every 221 years.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>2090s</h3> <p class="note">"2091" redirects here. For the TV series, see <a href="/facts/2091_(TV_series)/MKA4S0dC"><i>2091</i> (TV series)</a>.</p> <p class="note">"2093" redirects here. For the Yeat album, see <a href="/facts/2093_(album)/WwM9cG9R"><i>2093</i> (album)</a>.</p> <p class="note">"2099" redirects here. For the Marvel Comics imprint, see <a href="/facts/Marvel_2099/EBFHzh0A"><i>Marvel 2099</i></a>.</p> <ul><li>2090: The <a href="/facts/September_11th_Victim_Compensation_Fund/6jLoavqk">September 11th Victim Compensation Fund</a> is set to expire.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a></li> <li>2092: Work on cleaning up the site of the <a href="/facts/Oldbury_Nuclear_Power_Station/IRpdUoN6">Oldbury Nuclear Power Station</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a> is scheduled to be complete in 2092 (early estimate).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a></li> <li>2099: <ul><li>The <a href="/facts/99-year_lease/NogeGDGs">99-year lease</a> for <a href="/facts/Kaufman_Astoria_Studios/lMzH8h8w">Kaufman Astoria Studios</a> in Queens, New York City is set to expire.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ontario/HUkxk5Rf">Ontario</a> regains control of the <a href="/facts/Ontario_Highway_407/avbn0jVn">Ontario Highway 407</a> when its 99-year lease expires.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a></li> <li>2099 is the maximum year that can be set on computers with <a href="/facts/BIOS/2RY3dzQe">BIOS</a> firmware, as well as Microsoft's <a href="/facts/Windows_XP/IozrkAYS">Windows XP</a>, <a href="/facts/Windows_Vista/IASEUCTB">Windows Vista</a>, <a href="/facts/Windows_7/tldLdbnX">Windows 7</a>, <a href="/facts/Windows_8/eRtw96T3">Windows 8</a>, and <a href="/facts/Windows_8.1/HRWIv7Mn">Windows 8.1</a> operating systems, and Sony's <a href="/facts/PlayStation_2/gbFBT7AX">PlayStation 2</a> and the <a href="/facts/Nintendo_DS/4uVHPrnp">Nintendo DS</a> gaming platforms.</li></ul></li></ul> <h2 id="22nd-century">22nd century</h2> <p class="note">Several terms redirect here. For other uses, see <a href="/facts/22nd_century_(disambiguation)/DG9LdVuT">22nd century (disambiguation)</a>, <a href="/facts/2150_(disambiguation)/momJpSBW">2150 (disambiguation)</a>, the song <a href="/facts/2120_South_Michigan_Avenue/rHMQk6r7">2120 South Michigan Avenue</a>, the video games <i><a href="/facts/Battlefield_2142/M5JgqNSH">Battlefield 2142</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Earth_2140/wGnj2Fs1">Earth 2140</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/Earth_2160/Dk79dy02">Earth 2160</a></i>, the short film <i><a href="/facts/21-87/7kNmz6Ml">21-87</a></i>, and <a href="/facts/SMPTE_2110/8TfS3PQn">SMPTE 2110</a> video networking standard</p> <h3>2100s</h3> <ul><li>2100: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Silverstein_Properties/LD38E3Uo">Silverstein Properties</a>' <a href="/facts/99-year_lease/NogeGDGs">99-year lease</a> on the <a href="/facts/World_Trade_Center_site/c9xgaWJH">World Trade Center</a> expires.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li>2103: Per an agreement between the <a href="/facts/National_Archives_and_Records_Administration/WB8bwYVU">National Archives</a> and <a href="/facts/Caroline_Kennedy/NHdVsk0a">Caroline Kennedy</a>, the <a href="/facts/Pink_Chanel_suit_of_Jacqueline_Bouvier_Kennedy/ByAd1F5Y">jacket Jackie Kennedy</a> wore on the day <a href="/facts/John_F._Kennedy/1cdDaswg">John F. Kennedy</a> was assassinated cannot be displayed in public until this year.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/File_Allocation_Table/uFvpmWxa">FAT file systems</a> theoretically support dates up to 31 December 2107 (though officially only up to 31 December 2099). See <a href="/facts/Time_formatting_and_storage_bugs/1K5tbwIa">Year 2108 problem</a>.</li></ul> <h3>2110s</h3> <ul><li>The <a href="/facts/Chernobyl_New_Safe_Confinement/0qHeJdTw">Chernobyl New Safe Confinement</a> reaches end of designed lifetime in the 2110s.</li> <li>2111: The will of <a href="/facts/Prince_Philip%2c_Duke_of_Edinburgh/bpTsnBv4">Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh</a> is scheduled to become public knowledge.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33"><sup>33</sup></a></li> <li>2112: <ul><li>The will of <a href="/facts/Queen_regnant/LKL3KQdf">Queen</a> <a href="/facts/Elizabeth_II/os6eB47B">Elizabeth II</a> is scheduled to become public knowledge.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34"><sup>34</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li>2115: <ul><li>The first book from the <a href="/facts/Future_Library_project/Rd9Flh0N">Future Library project</a> will be published, 100 years after being submitted by author <a href="/facts/Margaret_Atwood/jUdYMItN">Margaret Atwood</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35"><sup>35</sup></a></li> <li>The One Hundred Year Study on Artificial Intelligence (AI100) initiated by <a href="/facts/Stanford_University/JEQeF9z2">Stanford University</a> will be concluded.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36"><sup>36</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:37" href="#fn:37"><sup>37</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:38" href="#fn:38"><sup>38</sup></a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/100_Years_(film)/MLWnLaT7">100 Years</a></i>, a film by <a href="/facts/Robert_Rodriguez/XYDh1aJp">Robert Rodriguez</a> and <a href="/facts/John_Malkovich/LCwbGK6a">John Malkovich</a>, will be released 100 years after its development.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:39" href="#fn:39"><sup>39</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li>2116: <a href="/facts/China_Merchants_Port/1k4oJUUs">China Merchants Port</a>'s <a href="/facts/99-year_lease/NogeGDGs">99-year lease</a> on <a href="/facts/Hambantota_International_Port/5Ll0kzCH">Hambantota International Port</a> in Sri Lanka is set to expire.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:40" href="#fn:40"><sup>40</sup></a></li> <li>2117: In relation to the 2115 release of the <i>100 Years</i> short film, A song titled "100 Years", composed by <a href="/facts/Pharrell_Williams/z04fEWSv">Pharrell Williams</a>, will be released to the public. The song was performed by Williams at a private party in <a href="/facts/Shanghai/nYyuBo2S">Shanghai</a>, China, in 2017. The song is said to have addressed global warming.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:41" href="#fn:41"><sup>41</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>2140s</h3> <p class="note">"2140" redirects here. For the video game, see <a href="/facts/Earth_2140/wGnj2Fs1"><i>Earth 2140</i></a>.</p> <p class="note">"2142" redirects here. For the video game, see <a href="/facts/Battlefield_2142/M5JgqNSH"><i>Battlefield 2142</i></a>.</p> <ul><li>2140: All of the roughly 21 million <a href="/facts/Bitcoin/UJvqfray">Bitcoins</a> are expected to be mined.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:42" href="#fn:42"><sup>42</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>2150s</h3> <ul><li>2155: The year type in <a href="/facts/MySQL/QEEDNBDP">MySQL</a> supports dates up to 31 December 2155.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:43" href="#fn:43"><sup>43</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>2160s</h3> <p class="note">"2160" redirects here. For the video game, see <a href="/facts/Earth_2160/Dk79dy02"><i>Earth 2160</i></a>.</p> <h3>2170s</h3> <ul><li>2178: On 23 March, <a href="/facts/Pluto/egq7MBeR">Pluto</a> will have completed its first full orbit since its discovery in 1930.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:44" href="#fn:44"><sup>44</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>2180s</h3> <ul><li>2182: On 24 September, asteroid <a href="/facts/101955_Bennu/ae1ebNGR">101955 Bennu</a> has a 1-in-2,700 chance of impacting Earth.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:45" href="#fn:45"><sup>45</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>2190s</h3> <ul><li>2198: The <a href="/facts/Vanguard_I/HxeNYxP0">Vanguard I</a> satellite, launched in 1958, is expected to re-enter the atmosphere and burn up due to orbital decay assuming it is not retrieved or collides with another object.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:46" href="#fn:46"><sup>46</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="23rd-century">23rd century</h2> <ul><li>2206: For the first time since <a href="/facts/1935/cgLN91AJ">1935</a>, Earth will experience the maximum number of five <a href="/facts/Solar_eclipse/2XsCFG1a">solar eclipses</a> in one year.</li> <li>2227–2247: <a href="/facts/Pluto/egq7MBeR">Pluto</a> will be closer to the <a href="/facts/Sun/CadPCVHh">Sun</a> than <a href="/facts/Neptune/1eucwHIC">Neptune</a> for the first time since <a href="/facts/1999/pc1BDf3P">1999</a>.</li> <li>2240: On September 16, the <a href="/facts/Hebrew_calendar/s5XBFz4h">Hebrew calendar</a> will reach the <a href="/facts/Year_6000/EzJDIEnk">year 6000</a>, signaling the latest possible arrival of the <a href="/facts/Messiah_in_Judaism/BH7VnEQe">Messiah</a>.</li> <li>2265: Return of the <a href="/facts/C%2f1861_J1/yqt87k1v">Great Comet of 1861</a>.</li> <li>2285: On March 22, Easter will <a href="/facts/Date_of_Easter/HUosdPeP">occur on its earliest possible date</a> for the first time since <a href="/facts/1818/8YwUybJm">1818</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="24th-century">24th century</h2> <p class="note">"2312" redirects here. For the novel, see <a href="/facts/2312_(novel)/9YnMf8cK"><i>2312</i> (novel)</a>.</p> <p class="note">"2359" redirects here. For the film, see <a href="/facts/23%3a59_(film)/soAmPVPe"><i>23:59</i> (film)</a>.</p> <p class="note">For minor planets numbered 2301–2400, see <a href="/facts/List_of_minor_planets%3a_2001%25E2%2580%25933000/RmzSXP0D">List of minor planets: 2001–3000 § 301</a>. For the similarly numbered century BC, see <a href="/facts/24th_century_BC/PLStPpxg">24th century BC</a>. For noteworthy numbers in the range 2301–2400, see <a href="/facts/2000_(number)/e6qFbs2v">2000 (number)</a>.</p> <ul><li>2333: It is projected that the <a href="/facts/Dounreay/Q3JyM0wg">Dounreay</a> nuclear site will be safe to use for other purposes.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:47" href="#fn:47"><sup>47</sup></a></li> <li>2353: The <a href="/facts/Date_of_Easter/HUosdPeP">date of Easter</a> as conventionally calculated will be five <a href="/facts/Week/KJjQTKIh">weeks</a> earlier than its hypothetical date according to astronomical principles, in a "<a href="/facts/Negative_equinoctial_paradox/HUosdPeP">negative equinoctial paradox</a>". Along with 2372, this will be one of only two such occurrences between 2020 and 4000.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:48" href="#fn:48"><sup>48</sup></a></li> <li>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.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:49" href="#fn:49"><sup>49</sup></a></li> <li>2386: If not repealed or otherwise voided, the <a href="/facts/Treaty_of_Windsor_(1386)/lB2UroUX">Treaty of Windsor (1386)</a> between England and Portugal, currently the oldest military alliance still in effect, will have stood for one thousand years.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:50" href="#fn:50"><sup>50</sup></a></li> <li>2391: <a href="/facts/Palm_Sunday/AbWVfUhu">Palm Sunday</a> and <a href="/facts/Saint_Patrick%2527s_Day/3xqh9jQ1">Saint Patrick's Day</a> 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 <a href="/facts/Ireland/35vYxXdP">Ireland</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:51" href="#fn:51"><sup>51</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:52" href="#fn:52"><sup>52</sup></a></li> <li>2400: The first <a href="/facts/Century_leap_year/wthzpnXr">century leap year</a> since 2000.</li></ul> <h2 id="25th-century">25th century</h2> <ul><li>2425: The annual funding increase of $325 per student to <a href="/facts/Wisconsin/XvyqH6vN">Wisconsin</a> public schools, which began in 2023, is set to end.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:53" href="#fn:53"><sup>53</sup></a></li> <li>2439 (estimated): The "<a href="/facts/Across_the_Universe_(message)/aq8CERBb">Across the Universe</a>" message broadcast by NASA in 2008 will reach <a href="/facts/Polaris/s9k0Irh3">Polaris</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:54" href="#fn:54"><sup>54</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="26th-century">26th century</h2> <ul><li>c. 2500: Climate projections predict a barren landscape for the <a href="/facts/Amazon_rainforest/MGVatclX">Amazon rainforest</a> amid low water levels due to vegetation decline.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:55" href="#fn:55"><sup>55</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:56" href="#fn:56"><sup>56</sup></a></li> <li>2531: Professor Hiroshi Yoshida of <a href="/facts/Tohoku_University/ec7m7vYy">Tohoku University</a> conducted a study in 2024 which suggests every Japanese person will have the <a href="/facts/Surname/gca0qxem">surname</a> "<a href="/facts/Sat%25C5%258D/MD3D2Ytk">Satō</a>" unless a law regulating couples to a single surname is not changed before this time.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:57" href="#fn:57"><sup>57</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:58" href="#fn:58"><sup>58</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="27th-century">27th century</h2> <ul><li>2640: On 5 September, the 639-year-long performance of <a href="/facts/John_Cage/L8UuNbIY">John Cage</a>'s organ work <i><a href="/facts/As_Slow_as_Possible/r8dhyVjP">As Slow as Possible</a></i> (begun in 2001) is scheduled to finish at the St. Burchardi Church in <a href="/facts/Halberstadt/9sUMVaRQ">Halberstadt</a>, Germany.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:59" href="#fn:59"><sup>59</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="28th-century">28th century</h2> <ul><li>Earth will experience 241 lunar eclipses.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:60" href="#fn:60"><sup>60</sup></a></li> <li>2800: The second <a href="/facts/Century_leap_year/wthzpnXr">century leap year</a> in the 3rd millennium, in accordance with the <a href="/facts/Gregorian_calendar/axJfTXV1">Gregorian calendar</a>. The <a href="/facts/Revised_Julian_Calendar/a8tupmG2">Revised Julian Calendar</a>, 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 <a href="/facts/Christmas_Day/EsuI0Gds">Christmas Day</a> while simultaneously Catholic and Protestant churches are marking <a href="/facts/Christmas_Eve/UVM8KoES">Christmas Eve</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:61" href="#fn:61"><sup>61</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="29th-century">29th century</h2> <p class="note">"2894" redirects here. For the novel, see <a href="/facts/2894_(novel)/nRaooIzb"><i>2894</i> (novel)</a>.</p> <ul><li>2847: The <a href="/facts/St._Michael%2527s_Catholic_Cemetery/ffHMN2Vu">St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery</a> (Happy Valley) in Hong Kong lease on Wan Chai's Saint Fulan gentleman street will end after a <a href="/facts/999-year_leases_in_Hong_Kong/Pr10KhSW">999-year lease</a>, assuming no legal status changes before that date.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:62" href="#fn:62"><sup>62</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="30th-century">30th century</h2> <p class="note">"3000 A.D." redirects here. For the film, see <a href="/facts/Captive_Women/2vE0zKov"><i>Captive Women</i></a>. For the Busted song, see <a href="/facts/Year_3000/tbjxrUBj">Year 3000</a>.</p> <ul><li>2965 <ul><li>The <a href="/facts/SNAP-10A/GBUqQYUU">SNAP-10A</a> nuclear satellite, launched in 1965 into an orbit 700 km (430 mi) above Earth, will return to the surface.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:63" href="#fn:63"><sup>63</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:64" href="#fn:64"><sup>64</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li>2999: <ul><li>The <i><a href="/facts/Longplayer/MEfosszQ">Longplayer</a></i> composition will finish on 31 December 2999, marking the end of the thousand-year piece of music.</li></ul></li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Timelines_of_the_future/baXFXaxQ">Timelines of the future</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Anthropocene/Ex24qeW6">Anthropocene</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Foresight_(psychology)/4pdjvy9J">Foresight (psychology)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Outline_of_futures_studies/zaYz9Xz5">Outline of futures studies</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Technology_forecasting/Lajn7I5l">Technology forecasting</a></li></ul> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Oglethorpe University - International Time Capsule Society". Archived from the original on 20 June 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2008. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080620232510/http://www.oglethorpe.edu/about_us/crypt_of_civilization/international_time_capsule_society.asp" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20080620232510/http://www.oglethorpe.edu/about_us/crypt_of_civilization/international_time_capsule_society.asp</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Baku City General Plan 2040". State Committee on Urban Planning and Architecture of Azerbaijan. Retrieved 25 January 2024. <a href="https://arxkom.gov.az/en/bakinin-bas-plani?plan=baki-seherinin-bas-plani-2040" target="_blank">https://arxkom.gov.az/en/bakinin-bas-plani?plan=baki-seherinin-bas-plani-2040</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Jagadish Khadilkar (2017). Antarctica: The Frozen Continent's Environment, Changing Logistics and Relevance to India. Bloomsbury Publishing. 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