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The 26th century ( Gregorian Calendar ) comprises the years 2501 - 2600 .


ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS

• Mars will Occult Neptune


• will occult Saturn


• Mars- Jupiter

QUINCENTENNIALS


The 26th century will see three important quincentennials, or 500th anniversaries. These will include:

• 2501 , September 11 Attacks


• 2503 , Second Gulf War

SCIENCE FICTION SET IN THE 26TH CENTURY

• Aldous Huxley 's Dystopian novel '' Brave New World '' is set in the year 2540 .

• J.L Jeremiah 's Scythe The Bounty Hunter Is set in the year 2504 .

• The third and final portion of Darren Aronofsky 's film '' The Fountain '' takes place in the 26th century with future astronaut Tom Verde, played by Hugh Jackman .

• The "Fiat Homo" section of ''A Canticle For Leibowitz '' by Walter Miller takes place in the 26th century.

• The '' and its sequel, '' Halo 2 '', are set in the year 2552 .

• The TV Show '' Firefly '' and film '' Serenity '' is set in the year 2517 and follows Space Captain and Unification War veteran, Malcolm Reynolds , and crew across various Planet s.

• In the early 2500s , humans make First Contact with Pierson's Puppeteers in Larry Niven 's Known Space universe.

• The computer game takes place in the early 26th Century (and the original StarCraft may cross over into the early 26th century as well).

• The NES game Super Spy Hunter takes place in 2525 .

• The Nintendo 64 game F-Zero X and the Nintendo GameCube game F-Zero GX take place in an unspecified year in the 26th century. However, in the Game Boy Advance game F-Zero GP Legend , it is stated that the game takes place in the 23rd Century in the year 2201 .

• One possible alternative future for the Role Playing Game Mutants And Masterminds is set in Freedom City in 2525 .

• In the '''' episode "Azati Prime", Captain Jonathan Archer is briefly transported to a possible future 26th century (in the Star Trek universe) in which the Klingon Empire has joined the United Federation Of Planets . Archer visits a hypothetical USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-J) in this episode.

• The TV Show " Cleopatra 2525 " is set in the year 2525 . (The theme song for the show is a parody of the song "In the year 2525," mingled with the sound effects of futuristic weaponry.)

• Battle Angel Alita is set during this century.

• The '' Doctor Who '' episode Earthshock , featuring the hijacking of a space freighter by Cybermen , is set largely in the year 2526.

• The '' Doctor Who '' episodes Frontier In Space and Planet Of The Daleks take place in the year 2540 .

• Bernice Summerfield , a character created in '' Doctor Who '' novels and later Spun Off into her own range of novels and Audio Dramas , was born in 2540 , and published an archaeological book, ''Down Among the Dead Men'', in 2566 .

• The 4700 Files is set in the years 2503 - 2506 .

• Most of the events of the novel '' Revelation Space '' take place in the year 2566 with flashbacks to 2524 and earlier centuries.

• In the Tales Of Asgaria Universe , the Immortals destruction of Earth takes place in the year of 2579.

MISCELLANEOUS ENTRIES

• The year 2525 became prominent in 1969 when it was used in the Zager And Evans song '' In The Year 2525 '', which reached number 1 in the Billboard Charts for July 21 . The song opens with the words "''In the year 2525, If man is still alive, If woman can survive, They may find...''".

• The year 2525 will also be the 600th anniversary of the foundation of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem .

DECADES AND YEARS