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2100
- On March 14 (which will be February 29 in the Julian calendar), the difference between the Julian calendar and the Gregorian calendar reaches 14 days. Since 14 is divisible by 7, this will be the first time in history since its inception that the Gregorian calendar has the same day of the week for each day of the year as the Julian calendar. This will last until February 28, 2200 of the Gregorian Calendar.
- By 2100, 12% (about 1250) of the bird species existing at the beginning of the 21st century are expected to be extinct or threatened with extinction, according to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, July 4, 2006.
- Polaris appears furthest North. Polaris' maximum apparent declination (taking account of nutation and aberration) will be 0.4526° from the celestial north pole, on 24 March 2100[1].
- A time capsule in Sneem, Ireland will be opened.
- A time capsule in Bangor, Northern Ireland will be opened.
2107
- Last year which can be represented using the File Allocation Table date format.
Fictional events
2100
- The stage "Starbase: Where No Turtle Has Gone Before" in the 1992 video game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time is set in the year A.D. 2100.
- In the computer game Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri The United Nations Starship Unity's colony pods holding the seven factions of the game make Planetfall on Chiron, in the Alpha Centauri system.
- January 1, 2100 is the starting date for the roleplaying game Transhuman Space.
- July 4, 2100 is the starting date for the real-time strategy PlayStation and computer game Warzone 2100.
- Much of the novel Shattered Time takes place starting with the characters reemerging in time on the date of December 23, 2100.
2101
- "War was beginning" according to the 1989 Japanese arcade game Zero Wing. This game was popularized by the phrase "All your base are belong to us".
2103
- In Phil of The Future, the United States government performs tests on aliens, including a trivia quiz.
2104
- The Apocalypse War takes place, resulting in 900 million deaths (in the Judge Dredd comic strip).
2105
- The tenth season of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 TV series, known as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fast Forward, takes place in 2105.
- In the series Time Warp Trio, 2105 is when the girls (Jodie, Freddi, and Samantha) live.
- In the Animatrix, 2105 is when Operation Dark Storm is supposed to be initiated.
References
- ^ Jean Meeus, Mathematical Astronomy Morsels Ch.50 ; Willmann-Bell 1997.