3rd millennium#23rd century

• Climate change
• Extinction
• List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events
• List of future astronomical events
• List of lunar eclipses in the 21st century
• List of solar eclipses in the 21st century
• List of time capsules
• Near future centennial (bi, tri, etc.) events.
• Near future in fiction
• Predictions and claims for the Second Coming
• Projections of population growth
• Representative Concentration Pathway
• Shared Socioeconomic Pathways
• Works falling into the public domain in the United States

{{for|coverage of past events|21st century|Timeline of the 21st century}}

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• See: 2000
• 2001
• 2002
• 2003
• 2004
• 2005
• 2006
• 2007
• 2008
• 2009

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{{main|2010s}}

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• See: 2010
• 2011
• 2012
• 2013
• 2014
• 2015
• 2016
• 2017
• 2018
• 2019

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{{main|2020s}}

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• See: 2020
• 2021
• 2022
• 2023
• 2024
• 2025
• 2026
• 2027
• 2028
• 2029

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• Rare alignment of the five naked-eye planets cluster within 7° of longitude, 12 September 2040.September 12, 2040 in {{cite web |title=Ephemerides for Year 2040 |url=https://www.findyourfate.com/astrology/ephemeris/2040.html#september}}{{Cite journal |last=Christie |first=Ian |date=June 14, 2023 |title=Will there ever be a time when all our solar system's planets align? |url=https://www.newscientist.com/lastword/mg25834431-200-will-there-ever-be-a-time-when-all-our-solar-systems-planets-align/ |journal=New Scientist}}
• 2040: End year of the Baku City Master Plan implementation.{{cite web | url =https://arxkom.gov.az/en/bakinin-bas-plani?plan=baki-seherinin-bas-plani-2040|title=Baku City General Plan 2040|publisher= State Committee on Urban Planning and Architecture of Azerbaijan| date=| accessdate =25 January 2024}}
• 2041:
• The Antarctic treaty is scheduled to come under review.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-GstDwAAQBAJ&q=Antarctic+Treaty+System+review+2041&pg=PT9|title=Antarctica: The Frozen Continent's Environment, Changing Logistics and Relevance to India|author=Jagadish Khadilkar|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|year=2017|isbn=9789386643001}}{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/13-indians-take-the-harshest-route-in-the-world-to-save-antarctica/articleshow/46583356.cms?from=mdr|title=13 Indians take the harshest route in the world to save Antarctica|work=economictimes.indiatimes.com|date=16 March 2015|access-date=9 March 2020}}
• 2042:
• 17 September: a common computing representation of date and time on IBM mainframe systems will overflow with potential results similar to the year 2000 problem.
• 2047: On 1 July, the "one country, two systems" arrangement in Hong Kong is scheduled to end, as it was guaranteed for 50 years starting from 1 July 1997, provided under the Hong Kong Basic Law. The agreement was raised by Deng Xiaoping to deal with Hong Kong's reunification with the People's Republic of China in 1997, and stipulated in the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984. What will be done is not stated in any document.
• 2048: On 14 January, the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is scheduled to come up for review.{{cite book|last=Brady|first=Anne-Marie|title=China as a Polar Great Power|date=2017|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9781316844670|page=225|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QRkuDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA225|language=en}}{{Cite web |url=http://202.99.23.245/deng/newfiles/c1320.html|title=Transcript of Deng Xiaoping's dialogue with Margaret Thatcher|access-date=2 November 2020|archive-date=15 April 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050415095330/http://202.99.23.245/deng/newfiles/c1320.html|url-status=dead}}
• 2049:
• October 1: Scheduled completion of the Belt and Road Initiative, coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pr.com/press-release/780645|title=CrowdReviews Partnered with Strategic Marketing & Exhibitions to Announce: One Belt, One Road Forum|date=25 March 2019|website=PR.com|access-date=30 April 2019}}
• On 20 December, the "one country, two systems" arrangement with Macau, guaranteed for 50 years starting from 20 December 1999, provided under the Basic Law and the Joint Declaration on the Question of Macau, will expire.{{cite news|title=10 fascinating facts about Europe's last colony in Asia – and the most crowded place on Earth|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/asia/macau/articles/macau-facts-about-the-last-european-colony-in-asia/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/asia/macau/articles/macau-facts-about-the-last-european-colony-in-asia/ |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=dead|website=The Telegraph|date=13 April 2017|last1=Leadbeater |first1=Chris }}{{cbignore}}
• The embargoed 37-million-word diary of Robert Shields will become available to read and count words.{{Cite news|last=Martin |first=Douglas |date=29 October 2007 |title=Robert Shields, Wordy Diarist, Dies at 89 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/29/us/29shields.html|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241231024919/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/29/us/29shields.html|archive-date=31 December 2024|website=New York Times}}

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• 2050:
• The United Kingdom aims to reach net-zero carbon emissions in accordance with the Climate Change Act 2008.{{Cite web|title=UK net zero target|url=https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/net-zero-target#:~:text=In%20June%202019%2C%20parliament%20passed,to%201990%20levels%20by%202050.&text=Prior%20to%20this%2C%20the%20UK,1990%20levels%2C%20also%20by%202050. |access-date=20 March 2024|website=Institute for Government|date=20 April 2020|archive-date=20 March 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240320042051/https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/article/explainer/uk-net-zero-target |url-status=live}}
• Three-North Shelter Forest Program is expected to be completed.{{cite web |url=http://english.forestry.gov.cn/web/article.do?action=readnew&id=201001141142307633 |title=State Forestry Administration, P.R.China |language=zh |website=State Forestry Administration, P.R.China |access-date=15 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315074537/http://english.forestry.gov.cn/web/article.do?action=readnew&id=201001141142307633 |archive-date=15 March 2014 }}
• Under a plan announced in July 2016, New Zealand aims to eradicate all non-native rats, possums, and mustelids by this year.{{cite news |first=Austin |last=Ramzy |title=New Zealand Vows to Wipe Out Rats and Other Invasive Predators by 2050 |work=The New York Times |date=25 July 2016 |access-date=25 July 2016 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/26/world/australia/new-zealand-animal-predators.html}}
• The case files surrounding the 1943 death of the former lieutenant general of the Polish Army and first Prime Minister of the Polish government in exile, Władysław Sikorski, are expected to be declassified this year by the British government.{{Cite book|title=Poznać przeszłość: Wiek XX: Podręcznik do historii dla szkół ponadgimnazjalnych. Zakres podstawowy|last1=Roszak|first1=Stanisław|last2=Kłaczkow|first2=Jarosław|publisher=Nowa Era|year=2015|isbn=9788326724022|location=Warsaw|language=pl}} Due to tensions between the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and Nazi Germany, the circumstances of his death has led to disputes over whether the crash was deliberate or not. 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.{{cite book|author=Michael Alfred Peszke|title=The Polish Underground Army, The Western Allies, And The Failure of Strategic Unity in World War II|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zhb2doihL1wC&pg=PA102|year=2005|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-2009-4|page=101}} In 2008, an investigation was opened by the Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation of the Institute of National Remembrance, and concluded in 2013 that there is not enough evidence to prove or disprove the sabotage theory.{{Cite web |title=Śledztwo ws. śmierci generała Sikorskiego umorzone |url=https://www.tvn24.pl/r/383218 |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=TVN24.pl}}
• 2051:
• April: One of the METI messages Cosmic Call 1 sent from the 70-meter Eupatoria Planetary Radar in 1999 arrives at its destination, the Gliese 777 system.
• 2054:
• Hawksbill Creek Agreement granting tax exemptions and special economic status for Freeport, Bahamas, is set to expire.

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• 2060:
• The Chinese government aims for China to be carbon neutral.{{cite news |last1=Harvey |first1=Fiona |author-link=Fiona Harvey |last2=Watts |first2=Jonathan |last3=Ni |first3=Vincent |date=28 October 2021 |title=China's new climate plan falls short of Cop26 global heating goal, experts say |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/28/disappointing-but-not-unexpected-china-climate-goal-leaves-experts-unsatisfied |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102112339/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/28/disappointing-but-not-unexpected-china-climate-goal-leaves-experts-unsatisfied |archive-date=2 November 2021 |access-date=2 November 2021 |work=The Guardian}}
• Russia aims to be carbon neutral.{{Cite news |date=2021-10-13 |title=Russia striving to be carbon neutral no later than 2060, says Putin |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/russia-striving-be-carbon-neutral-no-later-than-2060-says-putin-2021-10-13/ |access-date=2023-11-27}}
• 2061:
• 28 July: Halley's Comet will enter the inner solar system and is expected to be visible from Earth again after its last perihelion in 1986.
• 31 December: Expiration of the Singapore-Malaysia Water Agreement.
• All 6 reactors from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant are planned to be decommissioned by this time. (30 to 40 years from 2021){{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230901124954/https://www.tepco.co.jp/en/hd/decommission/project/roadmap/index-e.html|archivedate=September 1, 2023|url=https://www.tepco.co.jp/en/hd/decommission/project/roadmap/index-e.html|title=Roadmap on the Way to Decommissioning|work=TEPCO|accessdate=October 1, 2023}} However, according to a 2023 report by Voice of America, 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."{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230827040122/https://www.voanews.com/a/at-fukushima-daiichi-decommissioning-nuclear-plant-more-challenging-than-water-release-/7242926.html| archive-date=August 27, 2023 |url=

https://www.voanews.com/a/at-fukushima-daiichi-decommissioning-nuclear-plant-more-challenging-than-water-release-/7242926.html |title=Can decommissioning end by 2051 as planned? |work=Voice of America| date=August 26, 2023 |access-date=October 1, 2023 | agency= Associated Press}}

• 2065:
• The process of cleanup and decommissioning the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, following the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, is projected to be finished.{{cite news|url=http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/56391/|title=Chernobyl nuclear power plant site to be cleared by 2065|newspaper=Kyiv Post|date=3 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005150746/http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/chornobyl-nuclear-power-plant-site-to-be-cleared-b-56391.html|archive-date=5 October 2012 }}

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• 2070: According to an announcement made by Indian prime minister Narendra Modi in 2021, India will be carbon neutral.{{cite news |title=India pledges net-zero emissions by 2070 — but also wants to expand coal mining |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/11/03/1051805674/modi-india-cop26-coal-renewable-energy?t=1636899927203 |work=NPR |date=3 November 2021 |access-date=14 November 2021 |archive-date=14 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114145317/https://www.npr.org/2021/11/03/1051805674/modi-india-cop26-coal-renewable-energy?t=1636899927203 |url-status=live}}
• 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.

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• 2084:
• The next transit of Earth from Mars will happen.
• According to the United Nations, human population is projected to peak in the year 2084, after which population will gradually decline forever. {{cite journal | url=https://ourworldindata.org/un-population-2024-revision | title=Peak global population and other key findings from the 2024 UN World Population Prospects | journal=Our World in Data | date=12 July 2024 | last1=Ritchie | first1=Hannah | last2=Rodés-Guirao | first2=Lucas | last3=Roser | first3=Max }}
• 2085: The "secret" letter of Queen Elizabeth II will be opened in Sydney, Australia.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/queen-elizabeth-ii-secret-letter-sydney-mayor-b2167674.html|title=Queen Elizabeth II left a 'secret' letter that will stay unopened until 2085|work=The Independent|date=15 September 2022|access-date=15 September 2022}}
• 2088: The University of Bologna, the world's oldest university in continuous operation, will turn 1,000 years old.de Ridder-Symoens, Hilde: [https://books.google.com/books?id=5Z1VBEbF0HAC A History of the University in Europe: Volume 1, Universities in the Middle Ages] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124110224/https://books.google.com/books?id=5Z1VBEbF0HAC&printsec=frontcover |date=24 November 2022 }}, Cambridge University Press, 1992, {{ISBN|0-521-36105-2}}, pp. 47–55
• 2089: During the months of May and June, insect Magicicada broods X (17-year) and XIX (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.{{cite web|url=http://sparkleberrysprings.com/v-web/b2/index.php?m=201105 |title=Niches :: May :: 2011 |publisher=Sparkleberrysprings.com |date=15 April 2009 |access-date=30 November 2012}}

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• 2090: The September 11th Victim Compensation Fund is set to expire.{{cite news|url=https://www.apnews.com/096173d122bb4e328657d8d75099ae8e|title=Senate approves bill to extend 9/11 victims fund|website=Associated Press|access-date=2 August 2019|archive-date=19 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119092234/https://apnews.com/096173d122bb4e328657d8d75099ae8e|url-status=dead}}
• 2092: Work on cleaning up the site of the Oldbury Nuclear Power Station{{efn|The Oldbury Nuclear Power Station is located in South Gloucestershire, England.}} is scheduled to be complete in 2092 (early estimate).{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BVtivyaFjXcC&q=Oldbury+Nuclear+Power+Station+%222092%22&pg=PA85|title=Strategy: effective from April 2011|publisher=The Stationery Office|year=2011|page=85|isbn=9780108510472}}
• 2094: 7 April: Mercury transits Jupiter, this is the only known such event of the decade.{{cite journal |last=Albers |first=Steven |date=March 1979 |title=Mutual Occultation of Planets |journal=Sky and Telescope |volume=57 |issue=3 |page=220 |bibcode= 1979S&T....57..220A}}
• 2096:
• Ash Wednesday will occur on February 29 (leap day) for the first time since the start of the Gregorian calendar in 1582.{{cite web | url=https://webspace.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/easter/easter_text2b.htm | title=Perpetual Easter Calculator: Liturgical Year }}
• 2099:
• The 99-year lease for Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens, New York City is set to expire.{{cite web|url=https://www.schumer.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/after-schumer-maloney-push-nps-approves-kaufman-astoria-studios-application-for-a-99-year-lease-term|title=After Schumer, Maloney Push, NPS Approves Kaufman Astoria Studios application for a 99 year lease term|work=Charles E. Schumer|date=16 October 2012}}
• Ontario regains control of the Ontario Highway 407 when its 99-year lease expires.{{Cite news|last=Siekierska|first=Alicja|date=2019-04-05|title=Worst deal ever? The 407 is worth $30B today – Ontario sold it for $3.1B in 1999|work=Yahoo! Finance|url=https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/worst-deal-ever-the-407-is-worth-30-b-today-ontario-sold-it-for-31-b-in-1998-181642680.html|access-date=2021-12-20}}
• 2099 is the maximum year that can be set on computers with BIOS firmware, as well as Microsoft's Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 operating systems, and Sony's PlayStation 2 and the Nintendo DS gaming platforms.

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• 2100:
• Silverstein Properties' 99-year lease on the World Trade Center expires.{{cite press release |url=http://panynj.gov/pr/pressrelease.php3?id=80 |title=Governor Pataki, Acting Governor Difrancesco Laud Historic Port Authority Agreement To Privatize World Trade Center |publisher=Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |date=2001-07-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010904171609/http://panynj.gov/pr/pressrelease.php3?id=80 |archive-date=September 4, 2001}}
• 2103: Per an agreement between the National Archives and Caroline Kennedy, the jacket Jackie Kennedy wore on the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated cannot be displayed in public until this year.{{Cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/21/us/jacqueline-kennedy-pink-suit/index.html|title=Jackie Kennedy's pink suit locked away from public view |first=Randi |last=Kaye|work=CNN|access-date=29 November 2018}}
• FAT file systems theoretically support dates up to 31 December 2107 (though officially only up to 31 December 2099). See Year 2108 problem.

• The Chernobyl New Safe Confinement reaches end of designed lifetime in the 2110s.
• 2111: The will of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is scheduled to become public knowledge.{{Cite news|date=2021-09-16|title=Prince Philip's will to be secret for 90 years|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-58587147|access-date=2021-09-17}}
• 2112:
• The will of Queen Elizabeth II is scheduled to become public knowledge.{{cite news|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/queens-will-kept-sealed-hidden-90-years-undisclosed-location-1705721|title=Queen's will to be kept sealed and hidden for 90 years at undisclosed location|work=International Business Times|date=14 September 2022|access-date=15 September 2022}}
• 2115:
• The first book from the Future Library project will be published, 100 years after being submitted by author Margaret Atwood.{{Cite news|last=Flood|first=Alison|date=27 May 2015|title=Into the woods: Margaret Atwood reveals her Future Library book, Scribbler Moon|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/may/27/margaret-atwood-scribbler-moon-future-library-norway-katie-paterson|access-date=4 November 2020|issn=0261-3077}}
• The One Hundred Year Study on Artificial Intelligence (AI100) initiated by Stanford University will be concluded.{{cite web |title=Stanford to host 100-year study on artificial intelligence |url=http://news.stanford.edu/pr/2014/pr-ai-century-study-121614.html |work=Stanford University |date=16 December 2014 |access-date=19 December 2014 |archive-date=12 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612100557/http://news.stanford.edu/pr/2014/pr-ai-century-study-121614.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=Study to Examine Effects of Artificial Intelligence |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/16/science/century-long-study-will-examine-effects-of-artificial-intelligence.html |work=The New York Times |date=15 December 2014 |access-date=19 December 2014 }}{{cite web |title=One-Hundred Year Study of Artificial Intelligence: Reflections and Framing |url=https://stanford.app.box.com/s/266hrhww2l3gjoy9euar |work=Eric Horvitz |date=2014 |access-date=19 December 2014 }}
• 100 Years, a film by Robert Rodriguez and John Malkovich, will be released 100 years after its development.{{Cite web |last=Warner |first=Kara |title=John Malkovich Explains Why He Made A Movie No One Will See for 100 Years |url=https://people.com/celebrity/john-malkovich-explains-why-he-made-a-movie-no-one-will-see/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=People |language=en}}
• 2116: China Merchants Port's 99-year lease on Hambantota International Port in Sri Lanka is set to expire.{{cite news |last1=Panda |first1=Ankit |title=Sri Lanka Formally Hands Over Hambantota Port to Chinese Firms on 99-Year Lease |url=https://thediplomat.com/2017/12/sri-lanka-formally-hands-over-hambantota-port-to-chinese-firms-on-99-year-lease/ |access-date=19 January 2022 |work=thediplomat.com}}
• 2117: In relation to the 2115 release of the 100 Years short film, A song titled "100 Years", composed by Pharrell Williams, will be released to the public. The song was performed by Williams at a private party in Shanghai, China, in 2017. The song is said to have addressed global warming.{{Cite web |title=Want to hear the new Pharrell song? You'll have to wait until 2117 |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/lifestyle/2017-11-15-want-to-hear-the-new-pharrell-song-youll-have-to-wait-until-2117/ |access-date=2022-09-11 |website=TimesLIVE |language=en-ZA}}

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• 2140: All of the roughly 21 million Bitcoins are expected to be mined.{{cite web |last1=Hayes |first1=Adam |title=What Happens After All 21 Million Bitcoin Are Mined? |url=https://www.investopedia.com/tech/what-happens-bitcoin-after-21-million-mined/ |website=Investopedia}}

• 2155: The year type in MySQL supports dates up to 31 December 2155.{{cite web|title=11.2.4 The YEAR Type|url=https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/year.html|access-date=21 May 2022}}

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• 2178: On 23 March, Pluto will have completed its first full orbit since its discovery in 1930.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-26 |title=Pluto Will Complete Its First Full Orbit Since Its Discovery On Monday, March 23, 2178 |url=https://www.iflscience.com/pluto-will-complete-its-first-full-orbit-since-its-discovery-on-monday-march-23-2178-76956 |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=IFLScience |language=en}}

• 2182: On 24 September, asteroid 101955 Bennu has a 1-in-2,700 chance of impacting Earth.{{Cite web|url=https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/sentry/details.html#?des=101955|title=Sentry: Earth Impact Monitoring|website=cneos.jpl.nasa.gov}}

• 2198: The Vanguard I satellite, launched in 1958, is expected to re-enter the atmosphere and burn up due to orbital decay assuming it isn't retrieved or collides with another object. https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1958-002B

• 2206: For the first time since 1935, Earth will experience the maximum number of five solar eclipses in one year.
• 2227–2247: Pluto will be closer to the Sun than Neptune for the first time since 1999.
• 2240: On September 16, the Hebrew calendar will reach the year 6000, signaling the latest possible arrival of the Messiah.
• 2265: Return of the Great Comet of 1861.
• 2285: On March 22, Easter will occur on its earliest possible date for the first time since 1818.

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• 2333: It is projected that the Dounreay nuclear site will be safe to use for other purposes.{{cite news |title=Dounreay site available for reuse in the year 2333 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-53848766 |access-date=19 January 2022 |work=BBC News |date=20 August 2020}}
• 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.{{Cite journal|last=Zeyer|first=Klaus Peter|date=2020|title=Häufigkeit von Osterparadoxien: Negative Äquinoktialparadoxien der Jahre 2353 und 2372 als seltenste Variante|journal=Regiomontanusbote|volume=33|pages=5–10}}
• 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.
• 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Treaty-Of-Windsor-1386|title=Treaty of Windsor 1386 - Historic UK|website=www.historic-uk.com/}}
• 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishcultureandcustoms.com/ACalend/PalmSunday.html|title=Palm Sunday in old Ireland - World Cultures European|website=www.irishcultureandcustoms.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://thefadingyear.wordpress.com/2021/03/28/irish-folklore-for-palm-sunday-domhnach-an-iuir/|title=Irish Folklore for Palm Sunday – Domhnach an Iúir|first=the Fading|last=Year|date=28 March 2021}}
• 2400: The first century leap year since 2000.

• 2425: The annual funding increase of $325 per student to Wisconsin public schools, which began in 2023, is set to end.{{cite web | last=Beck | first=Molly | last2=Opoien | first2=Jessie | title=Tony Evers extends increases for public schools in perpetuity | website=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee and Wisconsin breaking news and investigations | date=2023-07-05 | url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2023/07/05/tony-evers-extends-increases-for-public-schools-in-perpetuity/70381898007/ | access-date=2025-04-14}}
• 2439 (estimated): The "Across the Universe" message broadcast by NASA in 2008 will reach Polaris.{{cite web | title=NASA beaming Beatles tune to the stars | website=NBC News | date=2008-02-01 | url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna22951001 | access-date=2025-02-26}}

• {{Circa|2500}}: Climate projections predict a barren landscape for the Amazon rainforest amid low water levels due to vegetation decline.{{Cite journal |last=Lyon |first=Christopher |date=September 2021 |title=Climate change research and action must look beyond 2100 |journal=Global Change Biology |language=en |volume=28 |issue=2 |pages=349–361 |doi=10.1111/gcb.15871 |pmid=34558764 |s2cid=230588117 |issn=1354-1013|doi-access=free |hdl=20.500.11850/521222 |hdl-access=free}}{{Cite web |last1=Dunhill |first1=Alex |last2=Beckerman |first2=Andrew P. |last3=Burke |first3=Ariane |last4=Allen |first4=Bethany |last5=Smith |first5=Chris |last6=Lyon |first6=Christopher |last7=Hill |first7=Daniel J. |last8=Saupe |first8=Erin |last9=McKay |first9=James |title=Our climate projections for 2500 show an Earth that is alien to humans |url=http://theconversation.com/our-climate-projections-for-2500-show-an-earth-that-is-alien-to-humans-167744 |access-date=2022-08-26 |website=The Conversation |date=26 September 2021 |language=en}}
• 2531: Professor Hiroshi Yoshida of Tohoku University conducted a study in 2024 which suggests every Japanese person will have the surname "Satō" unless a law regulating couples to a single surname is not changed before this time.{{cite web|url=https://think-name.jp/assets/pdf/Sato_estimation_yoshida_hiroshi.pdf|title=日本における佐藤姓増加に関する推計方法と結果について|publisher=Hiroshi Yoshida|language=ja|access-date=April 3, 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/02/japan-sato-only-name-by-2531-marriage-law|title=Everyone in Japan will be called Sato by 2531 unless marriage law changed, says professor|first=Justin|last=McCurry|newspaper=The Guardian|date=April 2, 2024|access-date=April 3, 2024}}

• 2640: On 5 September, the 639-year-long performance of John Cage's organ work As Slow as Possible (begun in 2001) is scheduled to finish at the St. Burchardi Church in Halberstadt, Germany.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7490776.stm |title='World's longest concert' resumes |publisher=BBC News |date=5 July 2008 |access-date=23 February 2021 |author=Steve Rosenberg}}

• Earth will experience 241 lunar eclipses.{{cite web | url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEcat5/LE2701-2800.html | title=Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: 2701 to 2800 }}
• 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.{{Cite web |url= https://www.goarch.org/-/changing-times-changing-dates |title= Changing Times, Changing Dates - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |publisher= Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |access-date= 13 July 2024}}

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• 2847: The St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery (Happy Valley) in Hong Kong lease on Wan Chai's Saint Fulan gentleman street will end after a 999-year lease, assuming no legal status changes before that date.{{Cite web |title=Establishing the themed heritage trail -- The Happy Valley Heritage Trail: Seng Lou Beng Sei in Happy Valley |url=http://lbms03.cityu.edu.hk/oaps/ctl2012-4514-lcy965.pdf}}
• 2883: On 4 January, the CPR (Canadian Pacific Railway) lease on the O&Q (Ontario and Quebec) will end, after a 999-year lease.An Act to confirm the lease of the Ontario and Quebec Railway to the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, and for other purposes, S.C. 1884, c. 54, confirming the {{cite book |date=January 1884 |title=Indenture of lease: The Ontario & Quebec Railway Company to the Canadian Pacific Railway Company |isbn=978-0-665-11448-9 |url=https://archive.org/stream/cihm_11448#page/n7/mode/2up}}

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• 2999:
• The Longplayer composition will finish on 31 December 2999, marking the end of the thousand-year piece of music.
• Millennium celebrations will take place on the same date,{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}} 1,000 years after the first celebrations on 31 December 1999.

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