2021

2021 (MMXXI) will be a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2021st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 21st year of the 3rd millennium, the 21st year of the 21st century, and the 2nd year of the 2020s decade.

Millennium:	3rd millennium
Centuries:	20th century 21st century 22nd century
Decades:	2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s
Years:	2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

2021 by topic:

Arts

Architecture – Comics – Film – Home video – Literature (Poetry) – Music (Country, Rock, Metal, UK, US) – Radio – Photo – Television (UK, US) – Video gaming

Politics and government

Elections – International leaders – Sovereign states Sovereign state leaders – Territorial governors

Science and technology

Archaeology – Aviation – Birding/Ornithology – Palaeontology – Rail transport – Spaceflight

Sports

American football – Association football – Athletics (sport) – Badminton – Baseball – Basketball – Chess – Combat sports – Cricket – Cycling – Golf – Handball – Ice hockey – Rugby union – Swimming – Tennis – Volleyball

By place

Afghanistan – Albania – Algeria – Andorra – Angola – Antarctica – Argentina – Armenia – Australia – Austria – Azerbaijan – Bangladesh – The Bahamas – Bahrain – Barbados – Belarus – Belgium – Benin – Bhutan – Bolivia – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Botswana – Brazil – Bulgaria – Burkina Faso – Burundi – Cambodia – Cameroon – Canada – Cape Verde – Central African Republic – Chad – Chile – China – Colombia – Costa Rica – Comoros – Croatia – Cuba – Cyprus – Czechia – Denmark – Ecuador – Egypt – El Salvador – Estonia – Ethiopia – European Union – Fiji – Finland – France – Gabon – Georgia – Germany – Ghana – Greece – Guatemala – Guinea – Guyana – Haiti – Honduras – Hong Kong – Hungary – Iceland – India – Indonesia – Iran – Iraq – Ireland – Israel – Italy – Ivory Coast – Japan – Jordan – Kazakhstan – Kenya – Kosovo – Kuwait – Kyrgyzstan – Laos – Latvia – Lebanon – Lesotho – Liberia – Libya – Lithuania – Luxembourg – Macau – Madagascar – Marshall Islands – Malawi – Malaysia – Mali – Malta – Mauritania – Mexico – Micronesia – Moldova – Mongolia – Montenegro – Morocco – Mozambique – Myanmar – Nauru – Namibia – Nepal – Netherlands – New Zealand – Nicaragua – Niger – Nigeria – North Korea – North Macedonia – Norway – Oman – Pakistan – Palau – Palestine – Panama – Papua New Guinea – Paraguay – Peru – Philippines – Poland – Portugal – Qatar – Romania – Russia – Rwanda – Samoa – Saudi Arabia – Senegal – Serbia – Seychelles – Singapore – Slovakia – Slovenia – Somalia – South Africa – Solomon Islands – South Korea – South Sudan – Spain – Sri Lanka – Sudan – Sweden – Switzerland – Syria – Taiwan – Tajikistan – Tanzania – Thailand – Togo – Tonga – Tunisia – Turkey – Turkmenistan – Tuvalu – Uganda – Ukraine – United Arab Emirates – United Kingdom – United States – Uruguay – Uzbekistan – Vanuatu – Venezuela – Vietnam – Yemen – Zambia – Zimbabwe

Other topics

Religious leaders

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishments and disestablishments categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

Works and introductions categories

Works – Introductions Works entering the public domain

2021 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	2021 MMXXI
Ab urbe condita	2774
Armenian calendar	1470 ԹՎ ՌՆՀ
Assyrian calendar	6771
Bahá'í calendar	177–178
Balinese saka calendar	1942–1943
Bengali calendar	1428
Berber calendar	2971
British Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	2565
Burmese calendar	1383
Byzantine calendar	7529–7530
Chinese calendar	庚子年 (Metal Rat) 4717 or 4657     — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 4718 or 4658
Coptic calendar	1737–1738
Discordian calendar	3187
Ethiopian calendar	2013–2014
Hebrew calendar	5781–5782
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2077–2078
- Shaka Samvat	1942–1943
- Kali Yuga	5121–5122
Holocene calendar	12021
Igbo calendar	1021–1022
Iranian calendar	1399–1400
Islamic calendar	1442–1443
Japanese calendar	Reiwa 3 (令和３年)
Javanese calendar	1954–1955
Juche calendar	110
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4354
Minguo calendar	ROC 110 民國110年
Nanakshahi calendar	553
Thai solar calendar	2564
Tibetan calendar	阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) 2147 or 1766 or 994     — to — 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) 2148 or 1767 or 995
Unix time	1609459200 – 1640995199

The United Nations has declared 2021 as the International Year of Peace and Trust,[1] the International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development,[2] and the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables.[3]

Predicted and scheduled events

• February 18 – The Mars Rover is expected to land on Mars.[4]
• April 19 – After 62 years of government by the Castro brothers, Raúl Castro is expected to step down as First Secretary at the Eighth Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba, which is scheduled to take place from April 16 to 19, 2021.[5][6]
• May 6 – The 2021 UK local elections will see the whole country go to the polls for the first time other than in a general election.[7]
• May 18 – May 22 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 will be held in Rotterdam, Netherlands after the cancellation of the 2020 contest due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8][9]
• May 26 – The second-shortest total lunar eclipse of the 21st century is expected to occur, lasting just 14 minutes and 30 seconds long.[10]
• June 7 – The EU's Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market would likely to go effect, imposing copyright limitation for upload filters, link taxes and restriction on memes.[11]
• June 10 – Annular solar eclipse.[12]
• June 11 – July 11 – The UEFA Euro 2020 will be held across Europe, and the 2021 Copa América will be held in Argentina and Colombia. Both competitions were rescheduled from June 12, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[13][14]
• July 23 – August 8 – The 2020 Summer Olympics will be held in Tokyo, Japan. It was rescheduled from July 24, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[15]
• October 1 – The 2020 World Expo is scheduled to take place. It was rescheduled from October 20, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[16]
• October 23 – November 27 – The 2021 Rugby League World Cup will take place in England.[17]
• October 31 – The James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to be launched after being delayed several times.[18]
• November - Planned launch of NASA's Artemis 1 mission to the Moon, the first integrated flight of the agency's Orion MPCV and Space Launch System (SLS) rocket.[19]
• November 1 – 12 – The 2021 UN Climate Change Conference will take place in Glasgow, Scotland. It was rescheduled from November 9, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[20]
• December 4 – Total solar eclipse.[21]

Date unknown

• In the US, Brood X, the largest brood of North American seventeen-year cicadas, will emerge for the first time since 2004.[22]
• Costa Rica is planned to become a completely carbon-neutral nation (date set by President Óscar Arias) and ban "single use" plastic products (date set by President Luis Guillermo Solís).[23][24]
• Amtrak's Avelia Liberty trains are expected to enter service in the US.[25]
• In Canada, Toronto's Eglinton Crosstown light rail project is projected to be completed, and the first phase of the Réseau express métropolitain in Montreal is scheduled to open.[26][27]
• Planned opening of the Dubai Creek Tower (827m). Upon its completion it will become the world's tallest tower.[28]
• Jeddah Tower (1km) is due for completion. Once completed it will become the world's tallest building and the first 1 km (3,281 ft) high building.[29]
• The new Lagos–Ibadan Expressway in Nigeria is scheduled to be completed.[30]
• Completion of the Dala Bridge in Yangon, Myanmar.[31]
• The Grand Egyptian Museum, described as the largest archaeological museum in the world, is expected to be completed.[32]
• Bangladesh is projected to eliminate extreme poverty, the first country in South Asia to do so.[33][34]
• The 2021 Iranian presidential election is scheduled to be held.

In fiction

• 21st century in fiction § 2021

References

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2. "International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development". United Nations. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
3. "International Year of Fruits and Vegetables". United Nations. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
4. https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/
5. "Led by Raúl, the 11th Plenum of the Communist Party Central Committee held". en.granma.cu. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
6. Patrick Oppmann; Alanne Orjoux. "Miguel Diaz-Canel named Cuba's new president". CNN. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
7. Picheta, Rob. "Everything you need to know about the UK general election on December 12". CNN. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
8. "Rotterdam returns as Eurovision Song Contest Host City in 2021". eurovision.tv. May 16, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
9. "Dates for Eurovision 2021 announced". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. June 15, 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
10. "Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: 2001 to 2100". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
11. "Capitals Special Edition: The Copyright Directive". EURACTIV.com. October 2, 2019. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
12. "NASA - Annular Solar Eclipse of 2021 June 10". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
13. "EURO 2020: All you need to know about the tournament". UEFA.com. March 17, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
14. "Copa America postponed from 2020 to 2021 over pandemic". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
15. "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. March 30, 2020. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
16. "Expo 2020 Dubai postponed to 2021 due to coronavirus". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
17. "Rugby League World Cup 2021". www.rlwc2021.com. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
18. "New launch date for James Webb Space Telescope". European Space Agency. June 28, 2018. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
19. Hambleton, Kathryn (February 20, 2018). "Artemis I Overview". NASA. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
20. "HOME". UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) at the SEC – Glasgow 2020. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
21. "NASA - Total Solar Eclipse of 2021 Dec 04". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
22. Moore, Thomas E.; Walker, Thomas J. (April 27, 2001). "Genus Magicicada periodical cicadas". Singing Insects of North America. University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Archived from the original on September 30, 2008. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
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24. "Costa Rica launches quest to replace most single-use plastic by 2021". June 6, 2017.
25. "Amtrak previews "Avelia Liberty" trains". Business Traveller. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
26. Tess Kalinowski (September 24, 2015). "Eglinton Crosstown to open a year later than expected". Toronto Star. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
27. "Presentation of the REM". REM. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
28. "Dubai Creek Tower: The World's tallest building". Guiding Architects. February 7, 2019. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
29. "Dubai tower 'to surpass' Burj Khalifa". April 10, 2016. Retrieved January 8, 2020 – via www.bbc.com.
30. "Lagos-Ibadan expressway will be completed in 2021 - Julius Berger". Nigeria News | Laila's Blog. November 12, 2018. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
31. "'Water Wave' – Spread water news in your network and participate in our giveaway". www.myanmarwaterportal.com. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
32. "Egypt postpones launch of mega projects to 2021 due to coronavirus -presidency". Reuters. April 4, 2020. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
33. Chaudhury, Dipanjan Roy (November 3, 2018). "At current pace, Bangladesh to end extreme poverty by 2021". The Economic Times. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
34. Misha, Farzana; Sulaiman, Munshi. "Bangladesh Priorities: Poverty, Sulaiman and Misha | Copenhagen Consensus Center". www.copenhagenconsensus.com. Copenhagen Consensus. Retrieved April 7, 2016.