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2026 (MMXXVI) will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2026th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 26th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 7th year of the 2020s decade.
Predicted and scheduled events
[edit]- January 6 – The 2025 Jubilee will end on this day.
- February 5 – The New START Treaty is scheduled to expire.
- February 6–22 – The Winter Olympics are scheduled to be held in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
- February–March – The ICC Men's T20 World Cup is scheduled to be held in India and Sri Lanka.
- March 6–15 – The Winter Paralympics are scheduled to be held in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
- April 12 – The 2026 Peruvian general election is scheduled to be held.
- June 11 – July 19 – The FIFA World Cup is scheduled to be held in Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
- June 14 – President-elect Donald Trump will be the second president to turn 80, following Joe Biden.
- August - South African Local Government Elections are scheduled to be held, alternatively by November 2026.
- August 12 – A total solar eclipse is predicted to occur at the Moon's descending node of the orbit in North America and Europe. The total eclipse will pass over the Arctic, Greenland, Iceland, Atlantic Ocean and northern Spain.[1]
- September – Artemis III, the first crewed landing on the lunar surface since 1972 and third mission of the Artemis Program, is scheduled to launch no earlier than September 2026.[2]
- September 4–13 – The 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup is scheduled to be held in Berlin, Germany.
- September 13 – The 2026 Swedish general election is scheduled to be held.
- September 19 – October 4 – The 2026 Asian Games will be held in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
- October 4 – The 2026 Brazilian general election is scheduled to be held.
- November 3 – The United States midterm elections are scheduled to be held.
- December 22 – The 2026 South Sudanese general election is scheduled to be held, the first since the country's independence in 2011.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Tara, Serena (November 17, 2023). "Forget 2024, It's Time to Start Planning for the 2026 Solar Eclipse". Thrillist. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
- ^ "Artemis III - NASA". Retrieved January 17, 2024.
- ^ "South Sudan postpones December elections by 2 years citing incomplete preparations". Associated Press. September 14, 2024. Retrieved September 14, 2024.