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| Centuries: | 20th century - 21st century - 22nd century |
| Decades: | 1990s 2000s 2010s - 2020s - 2030s 2040s 2050s |
| Years: | 2023 2024 2025 - 2026 - 2027 2028 2029 |
| 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 |
2026 (MMXXVI) will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar.
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Predicted events
- May 2 - Projected release of terrorist Hamid Hayat from U.S. prison. [1]
- November 3 - Elections for the 120th United States Congress
- November 13 - Heinz von Foerster's predicted technological (or rather demographic) singularity occurs.
- Automatic mission to Mars as proposed in the Aurora Programme
- 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
- At current population growth rates, India will surpass China as the world's most populous country.
- Having begun in 1882 construction of the Sagrada Família in Barcelona will be finishedcitation 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.
