2031

2031 (MMXXXI) will be a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2031st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 31st year of the 3rd millennium, the 31st year of the 21st century, and the 2nd year of the 2030s decade.

Millennium:	3rd millennium
Centuries:	20th century 21st century 22nd century
Decades:	2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s 2050s
Years:	2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034

2031 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

2031 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	2031 MMXXXI
Ab urbe condita	2784
Armenian calendar	1480 ԹՎ ՌՆՁ
Assyrian calendar	6781
Bahá'í calendar	187–188
Balinese saka calendar	1952–1953
Bengali calendar	1438
Berber calendar	2981
British Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	2575
Burmese calendar	1393
Byzantine calendar	7539–7540
Chinese calendar	庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 4727 or 4667     — to — 辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 4728 or 4668
Coptic calendar	1747–1748
Discordian calendar	3197
Ethiopian calendar	2023–2024
Hebrew calendar	5791–5792
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2087–2088
- Shaka Samvat	1952–1953
- Kali Yuga	5131–5132
Holocene calendar	12031
Igbo calendar	1031–1032
Iranian calendar	1409–1410
Islamic calendar	1452–1453
Japanese calendar	Reiwa 13 (令和１３年)
Javanese calendar	1964–1965
Juche calendar	120
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4364
Minguo calendar	ROC 120 民國120年
Nanakshahi calendar	563
Thai solar calendar	2574
Tibetan calendar	阳金狗年 (male Iron-Dog) 2157 or 1776 or 1004     — to — 阴金猪年 (female Iron-Pig) 2158 or 1777 or 1005
Unix time	1924992000 – 1956527999

Predicted and scheduled events

• January 1 - Assuming no further extensions to the term of copyrights become law in the interim, books, films, and other works published in 1935 will enter the public domain.
• January 21 - According to Alexandria Ocasio Cortes, the world will end on this day if climate change remained unaddressed.[1]
• March 17 – Transit of Venus from Uranus.
• May 7 – Penumbral lunar eclipse[2]
• May 21 – Annular solar eclipse[3]
• June 5 – Penumbral lunar eclipse[2]
• October 29 – Transit of Venus from Uranus.
• October 30 – Penumbral lunar eclipse[2]
• November 14 – Hybrid solar eclipse[3]
• December 17 – Transit of Venus from Uranus.
• ATHENA (Advanced Telescope for High Energy Astrophysics), which is an X-ray observatory, is planned to launch this year.

In fiction

References

1. "Ocasio-Cortez says the world will end in 12 years. She is absolutely right".
2. Espenak, Fred; Meeus, Jean (May 23, 2011). "Lunar Eclipses: 2001 to 2100". NASA Eclipse Web Site. NASA. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
3. Espenak, Fred (December 9, 2013). "Solar Eclipses: 2031 - 2040". NASA Eclipse Web Site. NASA. Retrieved August 15, 2017.