2026
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Events
January
- January 1
- Zohran Mamdani is sworn in as the first Muslim Mayor of New York City, swearing on the Quran.[1]
- Bulgaria adopts the euro, becoming the 21st member state of the eurozone.[2]
- Cyprus begins its role as President of the Council of the European Union.[3][4][5][6]
- Over ten people are killed in an explosion at a bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland.[7]
Predicted and scheduled events
- January 6 – The 2025 Jubilee will end on this day.
- January 11 – The 2026 Beninese parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.
- January 15 – The 2026 Ugandan general election is scheduled to be held.
- January 18 – The 2026 Portuguese presidential election is scheduled to be held.
- January 22 – The United States will officially leave the World Health Organization.[8]
- January 25 – The 2025–26 Myanmar general election is scheduled to be held.
- January 28 – Sarah Mullally will become primate of the Church of England.
- February 1 – The 2026 Costa Rican general election is scheduled to be held.
- February 5 – The New START Treaty is scheduled to expire.[9]
- February 6–22 – The Winter Olympics are scheduled to be held in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
- February 7Template:NdashMarch 8 – The 2026 Men's T20 World Cup is scheduled to be held in India and Sri Lanka.
- February 8 – The 2026 Thai general election is scheduled to be held.
- February 12 – The 2026 Bangladeshi general election is scheduled to be held.
- February 22 – The 2026 Laotian parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.
- March 5 – The 2026 Nepalese general election is scheduled to be held.
- March 5Template:Ndash17 – The 2026 World Baseball Classic is scheduled to be held in Japan and the United States.
- March 6Template:Ndash15 – The Winter Paralympics are scheduled to be held in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
- March 8 – The 2026 Colombian parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.
- March 15 – The 2026 Vietnamese legislative election is scheduled to be held.[10]
- March 20Template:Ndash22 Template:Ndash The 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships are scheduled to be held at Kujawsko-Pomorska Arena Toruń in Toruń, BiT City, Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.[11][12]
- March 29 – If not triggered earlier, the 2026 Slovenian parliamentary election will be held no later than this date.
- April 12
- The 2026 Peruvian general election is scheduled to be held.
- The 2026 Beninese presidential election is scheduled to be held.
- May 12Template:Ndash16 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 is scheduled to be held in Vienna, Austria, following their win at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025.[13]
- May 24 – The 2026 Cypriot legislative election is scheduled to be held.
- May 31 – The 2026 Colombian presidential election is scheduled to be held.
- June 1 – The 2026 Ethiopian general election is scheduled to be held.
- June 7 – The 2026 Armenian parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.
- June 11Template:NdashJuly 19 – The 2026 FIFA World Cup is scheduled to be held in Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
- July 4 – Celebrations across the U.S. to commemorate the country's semiquincentennial, the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence from Great Britain.[14][15]
- July 23Template:NdashAugust 2 – The 2026 Commonwealth Games are scheduled to be held in Glasgow, Scotland.[16]
- August 13 – The 2026 Zambian general election is scheduled to be held.
- August 30
- The 2026 Estonian presidential election is scheduled to be held.
- The 2026 Haitian general election is scheduled to be held.
- September 4Template:Ndash13 – The 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup is scheduled to be held in Berlin, Germany.
- September 5Template:Ndash27 – The 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup is scheduled to be held in Poland (Łódź, Katowice, Sosnowiec, and Bielsko-Biała).[17][18]
- September 13 – The 2026 Swedish general election is scheduled to be held.
- September 19Template:NdashOctober 4 – The 2026 Asian Games is scheduled to take place around Aichi Prefecture in Japan.
- September 20 – If not triggered earlier, the 2026 Russian legislative election will be held no later than this date.
- October 3 – If not triggered earlier, the 2026 Latvian parliamentary election will be held no later than this date.
- October 4
- The 2026 Brazilian general election is scheduled to be held.
- The 2026 Bosnian general election is scheduled to be held.
- October 27 – If not triggered earlier, the 2026 Israeli legislative election will be held no later than this date.
- October 31 – If not triggered earlier, the 2026 Danish general election will be held no later than this date.
- October 31–November 13 – The 2026 Summer Youth Olympics will be held in Dakar, Senegal.[19]
- November 3 – The 2026 United States elections will be held.
- November 15 – Voyager 1 will reach 1 light day distance from Earth, 49 years after its launch in 1977.
- November 19 – The video game Grand Theft Auto VI made by Rockstar North and Rockstar Games is scheduled to be released.
- December 3Template:Ndash20 – The 2026 European Women's Handball Championship is scheduled to be held in Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Turkey.[20]
- December 5 – The 2026 Gambian presidential election is scheduled to be held.[21]
- December 19 – If not triggered earlier, the 2026 New Zealand general election will be held no later than this date.[22]
- December 22 – The 2026 South Sudanese general election is scheduled to be held, the first since the country's independence in 2011.[23]
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- April
- The 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.
- If not triggered earlier, the 2026 Djiboutian presidential election will be held no later than this date.
- May – The 2026 Lebanese general election is scheduled to be held.
- June – If not triggered earlier, the 2026 Algerian parliamentary election will be held no later than this date.
- July – If not triggered earlier, the 2026 São Toméan presidential election will be held no later than this date.
- September
- The 2026 Moroccan general election is scheduled to be held.
- The 2026 São Toméan parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.
- September/October – The 2026 Speedway Grand Prix is scheduled to be held at the PGE Narodowy in Warsaw, Poland.
- October – The 2026 Cape Verdean presidential election is scheduled to be held.
- November – The 2026 Bulgarian presidential election is scheduled to be held.
- The 2026 Republic of the Congo presidential election is scheduled to be held.
- The 2026 Cape Verdean parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.
- The 2026 ASEAN Summit is scheduled to be held in the Philippines.
- The Artemis II mission is scheduled to launch.
- Norway aims to ban the sale of all new diesel and petrol cars by this year.[24][25]
- The confirmation of charges for alleged crimes against humanity committed by former Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte is to be presented by the International Criminal Court.[26]
- The first construction phase of Amra City is set to begin early in 2026.[27]
- The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will take place in 2026.
Deaths
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References
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- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/nyregion/mamdani-quran-inauguration-muslim.html
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