26th century
Encyclopedia : 2 : 26 : 26T : 26th century
| Centuries: | 25th century - 26th century - 27th century |
| Decades: | 2500s 2510s 2520s 2530s 2540s 2550s 2560s 2570s 2580s 2590s |
Contents
Astronomical events
- April 7, 2515: At 10:37 UTC Mars will occult Neptune
- January 25, 2518: At 22:41 UTC Venus will occult Saturn
- 2599: Triple conjunction Mars-Jupiter
Quincentennials
The 26th century will see several 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.
- 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 video and computer game and its sequels, Halo 2 and Halo 3 are set in 2552 (the Halo books are based from 2517-2552).
- The TV show Firefly and film Serenity are set in the year 2517, and follow Space Captain and Unification War veteran, Malcolm Reynolds, and his crew, across various planets.
- 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 Klingon and Xindi crewmen serve 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.
- In the Xenosaga universe, the year 2510 is the year that the worldwide organization in charge of the space emigration plan changes the dating system from "A.D." to "T.C."
- In Pierre Boulle's novel, La planète des singes, the hero Ulysse Merou mentions that he begun his trip through space in 2500.
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.