2026
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Predicted and scheduled events
[edit]- January 1 – Bulgaria is expected to adopt the euro and become the 21st member state of the eurozone.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- January 6 – The 2025 Jubilee will end on this day.
- February 5 – The New START Treaty is scheduled to expire.<ref name="n935">Template:Cite web</ref>
- February 6–22 – The Winter Olympics are scheduled to be held in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
- February–March – The 2026 Men's T20 World Cup is scheduled to be held in India and Sri Lanka.
- March 6–15 – The Winter Paralympics are scheduled to be held in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
- April 12 – The 2026 Peruvian general election is scheduled to be held.
- May 8 – The 2026 Colombian parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.
- May - The 2026 Edition of the Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Austria following their win in the 2025 Edition.
- May 26 – Grand Theft Auto VI is scheduled to be released.
- June 11 – July 19 – The 2026 FIFA World Cup is scheduled to be held in Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
- July 4 – 250th anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.
- July 23 – August 2 – The 2026 Commonwealth Games are scheduled to held in Glasgow, Scotland.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- September 4–13 – The 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup is scheduled to be held in Berlin, Germany.
- September 13 – The 2026 Swedish general election is scheduled to be held.
- October 4 – The 2026 Brazilian general election is scheduled to be held.
- October 27 – If not triggered earlier, the next Israeli legislative election will be held no later than this date.
- November 3 – The 2026 United States midterm elections will be held.
- December 22 – The 2026 South Sudanese general election is scheduled to be held, the first since the country's independence in 2011.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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[edit]- The Boeing 777X is expected to first be delivered to Lufthansa after deliveries had been pushed back from 2021.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- April - Artemis II, the first crewed mission to the Moon since 1972 and second mission of the Artemis Program, is scheduled to launch no earlier than April 2026.
- April – The 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.
- March.08– The 2026 Colombian presidential election is scheduled to be held.
- August – The next South African municipal elections are scheduled to be held, alternatively by November 2026.
- Next Bangladeshi general election is expected to be held by 26 June.