24th century
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| Centuries: | 23rd century - 24th century - 25th century |
| Decades: | 2300s 2310s 2320s 2330s 2340s 2350s 2360s 2370s 2380s 2390s |
Contents
Astronomical events
- September 11, 2307: At 22:50 UTC, Venus will occult Uranus
- 2313: Triple conjunction Mars-Jupiter
- 2319: Triple conjunction Mars-Saturn
- June 4, 2327: At 00:54 UTC, Venus will occult Mars
- October 8, 2335: At 14:51 UTC, Venus will occult Jupiter
- April 7, 2351: At 17:22 UTC, Mercury will occult Uranus
- December 10, 2368: Transit of Venus
- 2388: Triple conjunction Mars-Saturn
- May 11, 2391 - Partial transit of Mercury
- November 17, 2400: Venus will occult Antares (last occultation of Antares by Venus was on September 17, 525 BC)
Quincentennials
The 24th century will see some important quincentennials, or 500th anniversaries. These will include:
- 2305, Death of Horatio Nelson
- 2306, Birth of Benito Juárez
- 2321, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Peru and Panama independence from Spain
- 2361, American Civil War
- 2367, Canadian Confederation
- 2370, Birth of Vladimir Lenin
- 2378, Birth of Josef Stalin
- 2385, Invention of the automobile
- 2389, Birth of Adolf Hitler
- 2393, Birth of Mao Zedong
- 2395, Invention of the cinematographer
Science fiction set in the 24th century
Television
- Duck Dodgers in the 24th 1/2 Century (circa 2350)
- In the episode Attack of Big MACC in the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon series, the "thinking" robot MACC leaves his time (2390) and time travels back to the late 1980s. MACC later returns to his own time after helping the TMNT fighting Krang, Shredder, Bebop and Rocksteady.
- (circa 2364-2371)
- (circa 2369-2375)
- Tom Corbett, Space Cadet is active in the year 2352.
- (circa 2371-2377)
- The apocalyptic Space Runaway Ideon occurs in the 24th century. It is an anime series made in 1980, and is quite famous in Japan.
- In Futurama 2303 is the year that the Monks started looking for God through their giant Telescope.
Movies
Computer games
- The Freespace Series, a sci-fi space starfighter sim, takes place from 2335 to 2367
- , a large-scale spacecraft game, takes place in years 2378 and 2393
- The Journeyman Project, a computer game, set in 2318
- takes place in 2327, usually referred to as ClanYear 124, in the date system used by the Clans inhabiting Alpha Centauri.
- Unreal Tournament series, a first-person shooter (circa 2341-2362)
- Mega Man Zero takes place sometime after 2302, but officially takes place in 22XX, at least four years earlier.
- Any Star Trek games taking place in the general timeline of the previously described television series.