2026

Current calendar year

2026

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2026 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	2026 MMXXVI
Ab urbe condita	2779
Armenian calendar	1475 ԹՎ ՌՆՀԵ
Assyrian calendar	6776
Baháʼí calendar	182–183
Balinese saka calendar	1947–1948
Bengali calendar	1432–1433
Berber calendar	2976
British Regnal year	4 Cha. 3 – 5 Cha. 3
Buddhist calendar	2570
Burmese calendar	1388
Byzantine calendar	7534–7535
Chinese calendar	乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 4723 or 4516     — to — 丙午年 (Fire Horse) 4724 or 4517
Coptic calendar	1742–1743
Discordian calendar	3192
Ethiopian calendar	2018–2019
Hebrew calendar	5786–5787
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2082–2083
- Shaka Samvat	1947–1948
- Kali Yuga	5126–5127
Holocene calendar	12026
Igbo calendar	1026–1027
Iranian calendar	1404–1405
Islamic calendar	1447–1448
Japanese calendar	Reiwa 8 (令和８年)
Javanese calendar	1959–1960
Juche calendar	115
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4359
Minguo calendar	ROC 115 民國115年
Nanakshahi calendar	558
Thai solar calendar	2569
Tibetan calendar	ཤིང་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 time	1767225600 – 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.

Calendar year

Events

January

La Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, where a fire killed 40 people and injured 115 others on January 1

The United States launches several airstrikes on multiple locations across northern Venezuela and captures Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and first lady Cilia Flores on January 3.

• January 1
  • Bulgaria adopts the euro, becoming the 21st member state of the eurozone.^[1]
  • Cyprus begins its role as President of the Council of the European Union.^[2][3][4][5]
  • Zohran Mamdani, a Democrat and Democratic Socialist, officially begins his term as the Mayor of New York City. He is the first South Asian mayor of New York.
  • 40 people are killed and 115 are injured in a fire at a bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland.^[6]
• January 3
  • The United States launches several airstrikes on multiple locations across northern Venezuela and captures Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and first lady Cilia Flores.^[7][8]
  • The United Kingdom and France airstrike a suspected underground arms cache in Syria that was previously used by ISIS.^[9]

Predicted and scheduled events

• January 6 – The 2025 Jubilee will end on this day.
• January 11 – The 2026 Beninese parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.
• January 15 – The 2026 Ugandan general election is scheduled to be held.
• January 18 – The 2026 Portuguese presidential election is scheduled to be held.
• January 19–25 – The 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam is scheduled to be held.
• January 22 – The United States will officially leave the World Health Organization.^[10]
• January 25 – The 2025–26 Myanmar general election is scheduled to be held.
• January 28 – Sarah Mullally will become primate of the Church of England.
• February 1 – The 2026 Costa Rican general election is scheduled to be held.
• February 5 – The New START Treaty is scheduled to expire.^[11]
• February 6–22 – The Winter Olympics are scheduled to be held in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
• February 7–March 8 – The 2026 Men's T20 World Cup is scheduled to be held in India and Sri Lanka.
• February 8 – The 2026 Thai general election is scheduled to be held.
• February 12 – The 2026 Bangladeshi general election and a constitutional referendum are scheduled to be held.
• February 22 – The 2026 Laotian parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.
• March 5 – The 2026 Nepalese general election is scheduled to be held.
• March 5–17 – The 2026 World Baseball Classic is scheduled to be held in Japan and the United States.
• March 6–15 – The Winter Paralympics are scheduled to be held in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
• March 8 – The 2026 Colombian parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.
• March 15 – The 2026 Vietnamese legislative election is scheduled to be held.^[12]
• March 20–22 – The 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships are scheduled to be held at Kujawsko-Pomorska Arena Toruń in Toruń, BiT City, Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.^[13][14]
• March 22 – The 2026 Slovenian parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.
• April 12
  • The 2026 Peruvian general election is scheduled to be held.
  • The 2026 Beninese presidential election is scheduled to be held.
• May 12–16 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 is scheduled to be held in Vienna, Austria, following their win at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025.^[15]
• May 24 – The 2026 Cypriot legislative election is scheduled to be held.
• May 31 – The 2026 Colombian presidential election is scheduled to be held.
• June 1 – The 2026 Ethiopian general election is scheduled to be held.
• June 7 – The 2026 Armenian parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.
• June 11–July 19 – The 2026 FIFA World Cup is scheduled to be held in Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
• July 23–August 2 – The 2026 Commonwealth Games are scheduled to be held in Glasgow, Scotland.^[16]
• August 13 – The 2026 Zambian general election is scheduled to be held.
• August 30 – The 2026 Estonian presidential election is scheduled to be held.

• September 4–13 – The 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup is scheduled to be held in Berlin, Germany.
• September 5–27 – The 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup is scheduled to be held in Poland (Łódź, Katowice, Sosnowiec, and Bielsko-Biała).^[17][18]
• September 13 – The 2026 Swedish general election is scheduled to be held.
• September 19–October 4 – The 2026 Asian Games is scheduled to take place around Aichi Prefecture in Japan.
• September 20 – If not triggered earlier, the 2026 Russian legislative election will be held no later than this date.
• October 3 – If not triggered earlier, the 2026 Latvian parliamentary election will be held no later than this date.
• October 4
  • The 2026 Brazilian general election is scheduled to be held.
  • The 2026 Bosnian general election is scheduled to be held.
• October 27 – If not triggered earlier, the 2026 Israeli legislative election will be held no later than this date.
• October 31 – If not triggered earlier, the 2026 Danish general election will be held no later than this date.
• October 31–November 13 – The 2026 Summer Youth Olympics will be held in Dakar, Senegal.^[19]
• November 3 – The 2026 United States elections will be held.
• November 15 – Voyager 1 will reach 1 light day distance from Earth, 49 years after its launch in 1977.
• December 3–20 – The 2026 European Women's Handball Championship is scheduled to be held in the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Turkey.^[20]
• December 5 – The 2026 Gambian presidential election is scheduled to be held.^[21]
• December 6 – The 2026 Haitian general election is scheduled to be held.
• December 19 – If not triggered earlier, the 2026 New Zealand general election will be held no later than this date.^[22]
• December 22 – The 2026 South Sudanese general election is scheduled to be held, the first since the country's independence in 2011.^[23]

Date unknown

• April
  • The 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.
  • If not triggered earlier, the 2026 Djiboutian presidential election will be held no later than this date.
• May – The 2026 Lebanese general election is scheduled to be held.
• June – If not triggered earlier, the 2026 Algerian parliamentary election will be held no later than this date.
• July – If not triggered earlier, the 2026 São Toméan presidential election will be held no later than this date.
• September
  • The 2026 Moroccan general election is scheduled to be held.
  • The 2026 São Toméan parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.
• September/October – The 2026 Speedway Grand Prix is scheduled to be held at the PGE Narodowy in Warsaw, Poland.
• October – The 2026 Cape Verdean presidential election is scheduled to be held.
• November – The 2026 Bulgarian presidential election is scheduled to be held.
• The 2026 Republic of the Congo presidential election is scheduled to be held.
• The 2026 Cape Verdean parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.
• The 2026 ASEAN Summit is scheduled to be held in the Philippines.
• The Artemis II mission is scheduled to launch.
• The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will take place in 2026.

Deaths

References

1. "Bulgaria ready to use the euro from 1 January 2026: Council takes final steps" (Press release). Council of the European Union. July 8, 2025.
2. "Cyprus promises 'new approach' during EU Council presidency". www.ukrinform.net. December 31, 2025. Retrieved December 31, 2025.
3. Rigonat, Filippo (December 30, 2025). "Cyprus EU Council Presidency kicks off: between security and competitiveness". L'Europeista. Retrieved December 31, 2025.
4. "Welcoming the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union – westernbalkans-infohub.eu". December 29, 2025. Retrieved December 31, 2025.
5. "Federal Chancellor Merz and President of Cyprus | Federal Government". Website of the Federal Government | Bundesregierung. Retrieved December 31, 2025.
6. "Several dead and injured in explosion at Swiss ski resort town Crans-Montana, police say". The Guardian. January 1, 2026. Retrieved January 1, 2026.
7. "The New York Times". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
8. "Trump says Venezuela's Maduro captured after strikes". Reuters. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
9. Media, P. A. (January 3, 2026). "British and French aircraft attack underground Islamic State weapons store in Syria". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
10. "US to leave World Health Organization on Jan. 22, 2026, says UN". Reuters.
11. "New START to Expire in Two Years as Russia Refuses Talks". Arms Control Association. February 4, 2024. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
12. "NA approves shortened term, sets 2026 election date". Viet Nam News. May 21, 2025.
13. Więcławski, Tomasz (March 23, 2023). "Mamy to! Lekkoatletyczne Halowe Mistrzostwa Świata 2026 odbędą się w Toruniu". Polish Press Agency (in Polish). Retrieved April 1, 2023.
14. Czołgowski, Dariusz (March 22, 2023). "Halowe mistrzostwa świata w lekkiej atletyce w 2026 r. odbędą się w Toruniu". Gazeta Wyborcza. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
15. Schumacher, Elizabeth. "Eurovision: Vienna to host European Song Contest 2026". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved August 22, 2025.
16. "Sports announced for Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games". BBC News. October 22, 2024. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
17. "FIFA Council appoints Chile and Poland as hosts of FIFA youth competitions". FIFA. December 17, 2023. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
18. "Polska gospodarzem Mistrzostw Świata Kobiet U-20 w 2026 roku!" (in Polish). Polish Football Association (PZPN). December 17, 2023. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
19. Millar, Colin (December 12, 2025). "Russian and Belarusian Athletes Should Compete Under National Flags at Youth Level, says IOC". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
20. "Organisers for Women's EHF EURO 2026 confirmed". EHF. European Handball Federation. March 8, 2024.
21. "2026 presidential election set for Dec 5 – IEC Chairman". thepoint.gm. October 10, 2025. Retrieved November 28, 2025.
22. "Key information and dates". Elections. Retrieved September 6, 2025.
23. "South Sudan postpones December elections by 2 years citing incomplete preparations". Associated Press. September 14, 2024. Retrieved September 14, 2024.

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