2048

This article is about the year 2048. For the number, see 2048 (number). For the video game, see 2048 (video game).

Millennium:	3rd millennium
Centuries:	20th century – 21st century – 22nd century
Decades:	2010s  2020s  2030s  – 2040s –  2050s  2060s  2070s
Years:	2045 2046 2047 – 2048 – 2049 2050 2051

2048 by topic:

Arts

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

Politics

Elections – Int'l leaders – State leaders – Sovereign states

Science and technology

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

Sports

Athletics (Track and Field) – Australian Football League – Baseball – Basketball – Football (soccer) – Cricket – Ice Hockey – Motorsport – Road cycling (men, women) – Tennis – Rugby league

By place

Afghanistan – Algeria – Argentina – Armenia – Australia – Austria - Azerbaijan – Bangladesh - Belgium - Brazil – Canada – Chile – China – Costa Rica – Croatia – Denmark – El Salvador – Egypt – Ethiopia – European Union – Finland – France – Georgia – Germany – Ghana – Greece – Hungary – India – Indonesia – Iraq – Iran – Ireland – Israel – Italy – Japan – Kenya – Latvia – Lithuania – Luxembourg – Malaysia – Mexico – Moldova – Netherlands – New Zealand – Norway – Pakistan – Palestinian territories – Philippines – Poland – Romania – Russia – Rwanda – Serbia – Singapore – South Africa – South Korea – Spain – Sri Lanka – Sweden – Turkey – United Arab Emirates – United Kingdom – United States - Vietnam

Other topics

Awards – Law – 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

2048 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	2048 MMXLVIII
Ab urbe condita	2801
Armenian calendar	1497 ԹՎ ՌՆՂԷ
Assyrian calendar	6798
Bahá'í calendar	204–205
Bengali calendar	1455
Berber calendar	2998
British Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	2592
Burmese calendar	1410
Byzantine calendar	7556–7557
Chinese calendar	丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 4744 or 4684     — to — 戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 4745 or 4685
Coptic calendar	1764–1765
Discordian calendar	3214
Ethiopian calendar	2040–2041
Hebrew calendar	5808–5809
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2104–2105
- Shaka Samvat	1970–1971
- Kali Yuga	5149–5150
Holocene calendar	12048
Igbo calendar	1048–1049
Iranian calendar	1426–1427
Islamic calendar	1470–1471
Japanese calendar	Heisei 60 (平成６０年)
Juche calendar	137
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4381
Minguo calendar	ROC 137 民國137年
Thai solar calendar	2591
Unix time	2461449600–2493071999

2048 (MMXLVIII) will be a leap year starting on Wednesday (dominical letter ED) of the Gregorian calendar, the 2048th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 48th year of the 3rd millennium, the 48th year of the 21st century, and the 9th year of the 2040s decade.

Predicted and scheduled events

January

• January 1 – A total lunar eclipse will take place.
• January 14 – The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty will come up for review.

February

• February 29 – There will be a rare full moon. This will be the first instance of a full moon on a leap day since 1972.

June

• June 26 – A partial lunar eclipse will take place.

In fiction

• Strider (1989)
• Wipeout 2048 (2012)
• Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix (2001)
• Almost Human (2013)
• The Notre Dame de Paris Mosque (2005)