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2026 by topic:

News by month

Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec

Arts

Architecture - Art - Literature (Poetry) - Music (Country, Metal, UK) - Film - Television - Home video

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Countries - Elections - Int'l leaders - Politics - State leaders - Sovereign states

Science and technology

Archaeology - Aviation - Birding/Ornithology - Meteorology - Rail transport - Science - Spaceflight

Sports

Sport - Athletics (Track and Field) - Australian Football League - Baseball - Football (soccer) - Ice Hockey - Motorsport - Tennis - National Rugby League

By place

Argentina - Australia - Canada - China -France - India - Iran - Iraq - Ireland - Japan - Kenya - Luxembourg - Malaysia - Mexico - New Zealand - Norway - Pakistan - Singapore - South Africa - United Kingdom - United States - Zimbabwe

Other topics

Deaths - Awards - Games - Law - Religious leaders - Video gaming

Birth and death categories

Births - Deaths

Establishments and disestablishments categories

Establishments - Disestablishments

Works and introductions categories

Works - Introductions v • d • e

2026 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	2026 MMXXVI
Ab urbe condita	2779
Armenian calendar	1475 ԹՎ ՌՆՀԵ
Bahá'í calendar	182 – 183
Berber calendar	2976
Buddhist calendar	2570
Burmese calendar	1388
Byzantine calendar	7534 – 7535
Chinese calendar	乙巳年十一月十三日 (4662/4722-11-13) — to — 丙午年十一月廿三日 (4663/4723-11-23)
Coptic calendar	1742 – 1743
Ethiopian calendar	2018 – 2019
Hebrew calendar	5786 – 5787
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2081 – 2082
- Shaka Samvat	1948 – 1949
- Kali Yuga	5127 – 5128
Holocene calendar	12026
Iranian calendar	1404 – 1405
Islamic calendar	1447 – 1448
Japanese calendar	Heisei 38 (平成38年)
Korean calendar	4359
Thai solar calendar	2569
Unix time	1767225600 – 1798761599
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2026 (MMXXVI) will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar.

Predicted events

• Automatic mission to Mars as proposed in the Aurora Programme
• November 13 — Heinz von Foerster's predicted technological (or rather demographic) singularity occurs.
• The southern extension of BART to connect the East Bay with Silicon Valley in California is scheduled to open.
• The 23rd FIFA World Cup will take place. No countries have applied to host it yet.
• Opening of the DLR extension to Charing Cross
• Opening of the DLR extension to Catford
• November 3: Elections for the 120th United States Congress
• At current population growth rates, India will surpass China as the world's most populous country.
• May 2: Projected release of terrorist Hamid Hayat from U.S. prison. [1]
• Having begun in 1882 construction of the Sagrada Família in Barcelona will be finished^{citation needed}
• 2026 Winter Olympics; The host city is to be chosen in 2019

2026 in fiction

Film

• Set in 2026: Metropolis (1927)

Literature

• "There Will Come Soft Rains," a short story by Ray Bradbury, is set on August 4.
• "Red Mars", the story begins on this date.

Television

• seaQuest DSV: An economic summit takes place that places hundreds of thousands of undeveloped basins back on the market.
• Star Trek: Enterprise (episode "In a Mirror, Darkly" (2005): World War III begins, continuing through 2053.