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Calendar year
2026 (MMXXVI ) is the upcoming year, which will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar , the 2026th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini 3rd millennium and the 21st century , and the 7th year of the 2020s decade.
Calendar year
Predicted and scheduled events
January 6 – The 2025 Jubilee will end on this day.February 5 – The New START Treaty is scheduled to expire.[ 1] 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 – Artemis II , the first crewed mission to the Moon since 1972 and second mission of the Artemis Program , is scheduled to launch no earlier than April 2026.
April 12 – The 2026 Peruvian general election is scheduled to be held.June 1 –3 – The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities sesquicentennial (150th annual) meeting is scheduled to be held in Chicago , Illinois .June 11 – July 19 – The FIFA World Cup is scheduled to be held in Canada , Mexico , and the United States .July 4 – The United States Semiquincentennial July 23 – August 2 – The 2026 Commonwealth Games are scheduled to begin in Glasgow , Scotland .[ 2] August – The next South African municipial 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 .[ 3] 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.October 27 - If not triggered earlier, the next Israeli legislative election will be held no later than this date.November 3 – The 2026 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.[ 4]
References
^ "New START to Expire in Two Years as Russia Refuses Talks" . Arms Control Association . February 4, 2024. Retrieved November 18, 2024 .^ "Sports announced for Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games" . BBC News . October 22, 2024. Retrieved January 1, 2025 .^ Tara, Serena (November 17, 2023). "Forget 2024, It's Time to Start Planning for the 2026 Solar Eclipse" . Thrillist . Retrieved January 5, 2024 . ^ "South Sudan postpones December elections by 2 years citing incomplete preparations" . Associated Press. September 14, 2024. Retrieved September 14, 2024 .
