This article is about the year 2026. Millennium: 3rd millennium Centuries: 20th century 21st century 22nd century Decades: 1990s  2000s  2010s  2020s  2030s  2040s  2050s Years: 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2026 by topic: News by month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Arts Architecture Art Comics Film Home video Literature (Poetry) Music (Country Metal UK) Radio Television Video gaming Politics Elections Int'l leaders Politics State leaders Sovereign states Science and technology Archaeology Aviation Birding/Ornithology Meteorology Palaeontology Rail transport Science Spaceflight Sports Sport Athletics (Track and Field) Australian Football League Baseball Football (soccer) Cricket Ice Hockey Motorsport Tennis Rugby league By place Algeria Argentina Australia Brazil Canada People's Republic of China Denmark El Salvador Egypt European Union France Germany Ghana India Iraq Iran Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kenya Lithuania Luxembourg Malaysia Mexico New Zealand Norway Pakistan Palestinian territories Philippines Russia Singapore South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Zimbabwe Other topics 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 Bah' calendar 182 183 Bengali calendar 1433 Berber calendar 2976 British Regnal year 74 Eliz. 2  75 Eliz. 2 Buddhist calendar 2570 Burmese calendar 1388 Byzantine calendar 7534 7535 Chinese calendar (4662/4722-11-13) to (4663/4723-11-23) Coptic calendar 1742 1743 Ethiopian calendar 2018 2019 Hebrew calendar 5786 5787 Hindu calendars  - Bikram Samwat 2082 2083  - Shaka Samvat 1948 1949  - Kali Yuga 5127 5128 Holocene calendar 12026 Iranian calendar 1404 1405 Islamic calendar 1447 1448 Japanese calendar Heisei 38 (38) Korean calendar 4359 Thai solar calendar 2569 Unix time 1767225600 1798761599 v d e Wikimedia Commons has media related to: 2026

2026 (MMXXVI) will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. Predicted and scheduled events November 13 Heinz von Foerster's predicted technological (or rather demographic) singularity occurs. Automatic mission to Mars as proposed in the Aurora Programme The 23rd FIFA World Cup will take place. It will not be held according to FIFA's rules as of 2011 in Asia or Europe. Having begun in 1882 construction of the Sagrada Famlia in Barcelona is scheduled to finish.1 In fiction Computer and video games Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney (2007) Film 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. Fringe episode "The Day We Died" (2011): Peter travels to this date when entering a machine. This is the year of Olivia Dunham's death. References http://barcelona.vivelaciudad.es/2007/03/23-la-sagrada-familia