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2026 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar2026
MMXXVI
Ab urbe condita2779
Armenian calendar1475
ԹՎ ՌՆՀԵ
Assyrian calendar6776
Baháʼí calendar182–183
Balinese saka calendar1947–1948
Bengali calendar1432–1433
Berber calendar2976
British Regnal year4 Cha. 3 – 5 Cha. 3
Buddhist calendar2570
Burmese calendar1388
Byzantine calendar7534–7535
Chinese calendar乙巳年 (Wood Snake)
4723 or 4516
    — to —
丙午年 (Fire Horse)
4724 or 4517
Coptic calendar1742–1743
Discordian calendar3192
Ethiopian calendar2018–2019
Hebrew calendar5786–5787
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat2082–2083
 - Shaka Samvat1947–1948
 - Kali Yuga5126–5127
Holocene calendar12026
Igbo calendar1026–1027
Iranian calendar1404–1405
Islamic calendar1447–1448
Japanese calendarReiwa 8
(令和８年)
Javanese calendar1959–1960
Juche calendar115
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4359
Minguo calendarROC 115
民國115年
Nanakshahi calendar558
Thai solar calendar2569
Tibetan calendarཤིང་མོ་སྦྲུལ་ལོ་
(female Wood-Snake)
2152 or 1771 or 999
    — to —
མེ་ཕོ་རྟ་ལོ་
(male Fire-Horse)
2153 or 1772 or 1000
Unix time1767225600 – 1798761599

2026 (MMXXVI) is the current year, and is 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.

Events

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January

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La Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, where a fire kills 41 people and injures 116 others on January 1
Map of US airstrikes on Venezuela, which resulted in the capture of the Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and first lady Cilia Flores on January 3
Members of the Iranian diaspora holding a solidarity rally on 10 January 2026 against the Islamic Republic in Perth, Australia
Protests take place in Uganda on January 16 due to allegations of fraud over the general election, won by incumbent President Yoweri Museveni
Hands off Greenland protests in Copenhagen on January 17 against the proposed annexation by the United States

February

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Flag bearers at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics held in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, on February 6
A burnt-out car in Jalisco, Mexico, after retaliatory arson attacks by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel due to an operation that killed its leader El Mencho on February 22
Flooding on the banks of the Paraibuna River in the Industrial neighborhood, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ali Khamenei was assassinated on February 28.

March

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Predicted and scheduled events

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Date unknown

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Deaths

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Main article: Deaths in 2026

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