25th century

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Millennium:

2nd millennium - 3rd millennium - 4th millennium

Centuries:	24th century - 25th century - 26th century
Decades:	2400s 2410s 2420s 2430s 2440s 2450s 2460s 2470s 2480s 2490s

The 25th century (Gregorian Calendar) comprises the years 2401-2500.

Contents 1 Astronomical predictions for the 25th century 2 Quincentennials 3 Millenials 4 Science fiction set in the 25th century 5 Decades and years

[edit] Astronomical predictions for the 25th century

• December 30, 2419: At 01:38 UTC Venus will occult Uranus
• 2426: Pluto's second orbit
• 2456: Triple conjunction Mars-Jupiter
• August 29, 2478: At 23:11 UTC Mars will occult Jupiter
• June 12, 2490: Transit of Venus
• May 6, 2492: Belgian astronomer Jean Meeus asserts that the orbits of all eight planets and Pluto will be within the same 90° arc of the Solar System. The last time this is believed to have occurred was on 1 February 949. [1]
• June 10, 2498: Transit of Venus

[edit] Quincentennials

The 25th century will see many important quincentennials, or 500th anniversaries. These will include:

• 2403, the Wright brothers' first airplane flight
• 2414-2418, World War I
• 2432-2433, Holodomor in Soviet Ukraine
• 2438-2445, the Holocaust targeting Jews, Gypsies and homosexuals in Europe
• 2439-2445, World War II
• 2445, first and second uses of nuclear weapons against humans
• 2445, founding of United Nations
• 2469, first journey of humans to an extra-terrestrial body, viz. the moon
• 2469, creation of first node of what would become the internet
• 2492, signing of Maastricht Treaty creating the European Union

[edit] Millenials

• 2453, Ottoman Turks capture of Constantinople and the death of the last Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI, the end of the last authentic incarnation of the Roman Empire.
• 2492, Of when Christopher Columbus discovered North America, South America, and the West Indies.

[edit] Science fiction set in the 25th century

• The events of the 2004 science fiction film Æon Flux is set in the year 2415.
• The Star Fox video game series is set in the 25th century.
• Buck Rogers (c. 2419 - original; 2491 - 1970s TV series)
• 2490: In the Halo universe the UNSC's fledging Interstellar Empire had expanded to between 800 to 1000 planets throughout the Orion Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy. During this period, the planet Reach becomes one of the two headquarters of the UNSC military and government (the other was Earth itself), and is destined to become the most heavily fortified world under human control and the Inner Colonies became the heart of the United Nations Imperial Government. In addition, there were Brushfire Wars in the Outer Colonies in which Rebel Insurrections including the one at the Eridanus System led by Colonel Robert Watts were suppressed.
• The computer game StarCraft is said to begin on December 12, 2499 (and may cross over into the early 26th century)
• Jason X (although it begins in an early year of the 21st century, most of the film is set in the year 2455)
• The video games TimeSplitters 2 and TimeSplitters: Future Perfect take place mainly in 2401.
• All of the characters from the television series Firefly and feature film Serenity are born in the latter part of the 25th century.
• In the series Magnus, Robot Fighter, by Russ Manning, in 2500 a robotic repair ship crashes on a planet around the star Malev and suffers severe damage. This leads to the creation of Malev-6, a malevolent computer that fills the entire planet.
• In the film Happy Accidents, Vincent D'Onofrio's character Sam Deed claims to be from the year 2470.
• In David Brin's Uplift Universe, the events triggered by Streaker's discovery of the derelict fleet happen in the 25th century. Startide Rising and The Uplift War begin in 2489.
• The Silverhawks children's television series takes place in the 25th century.

[edit] Decades and years

2390s	2390	2391	2392	2393	2394	2395	2396	2397	2398	2399
2400s	2400	2401	2402	2403	2404	2405	2406	2407	2408	2409
2410s	2410	2411	2412	2413	2414	2415	2416	2417	2418	2419
2420s	2420	2421	2422	2423	2424	2425	2426	2427	2428	2429
2430s	2430	2431	2432	2433	2434	2435	2436	2437	2438	2439
2440s	2440	2441	2442	2443	2444	2445	2446	2447	2448	2449
2450s	2450	2451	2452	2453	2454	2455	2456	2457	2458	2459
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2490s	2490	2491	2492	2493	2494	2495	2496	2497	2498	2499
2500s	2500	2501	2502	2503	2504	2505	2506	2507	2508	2509

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