2022
| Millennium: | 3rd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 20th century · 21st century · 22nd century |
| Decades: | 1990s · 2000s · 2010s · 2020s · 2030s · 2040s · 2050s |
| Years: | 2019 · 2020 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024 · 2025 |
| 2022 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 |
| Association football (soccer) – Athletics (track and field) – Baseball – Basketball – Boxing – Cricket – Golf – Horse racing – Ice hockey – Motorsport – Road cycling – Rugby league – Rugby union – Tennis |
| By place |
| Afghanistan – Algeria – Antarctica – Argentina – Armenia – Australia – Austria – Azerbaijan – Bangladesh – Belgium – Brazil – Canada – Chile – China – Costa Rica – Croatia – Cuba – Denmark – El Salvador – Egypt – Estonia – Ethiopia – European Union – Finland – France – Georgia – Germany – Ghana – Greece – Hungary – Iceland – 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 – Thailand – 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 |
| Gregorian calendar | 2022 MMXXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2775 |
| Armenian calendar | 1471 ԹՎ ՌՆՀԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6772 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 178–179 |
| Bengali calendar | 1429 |
| Berber calendar | 2972 |
| British Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 2566 |
| Burmese calendar | 1384 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7530–7531 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 4718 or 4658 — to — 壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 4719 or 4659 |
| Coptic calendar | 1738–1739 |
| Discordian calendar | 3188 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 2014–2015 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5782–5783 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2078–2079 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1943–1944 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5122–5123 |
| Holocene calendar | 12022 |
| Igbo calendar | 1022–1023 |
| Iranian calendar | 1400–1401 |
| Islamic calendar | 1443–1444 |
| Japanese calendar | Heisei 34 (平成３４年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1955–1956 |
| Juche calendar | 111 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
| Korean calendar | 4355 |
| Minguo calendar | ROC 111 民國111年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 554 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2565 |
| Unix time | 1640995200–1672531199 |
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2022 (MMXXII) will be a common year starting on Saturday (dominical letter B) of the Gregorian calendar, the 2022nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 22nd year of the 3rd millennium, the 22nd year of the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2020s decade.
Predicted and scheduled events
- February 4–20 – The 2022 Winter Olympics will be held in Beijing, China. Beijing will be the first city ever to host both Summer and Winter Olympics
- July 18–31 – Durban will host the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
- November 21 – December 18 – The 2022 FIFA World Cup is scheduled to be held in Qatar.[1]
- Germany plans to phase out the last of its nuclear power plants.[2]
- 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann will possibly cause a meteor shower.[3]
- ESA's Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer is scheduled to be launched.[4]
- SpaceX founder and entrepreneur Elon Musk plans to send humans to Mars on a new spacecraft, with flights beginning as early as 2022.[5]
In fiction
Main article: List of works of fiction set in 2022
References
- ↑ "FIFA Executive Committee confirms November/December event period for Qatar 2022". FIFA.com. 19 March 2015.
- ↑ "Germany: Nuclear power plants to close by 2022". BBC News. May 30, 2011.
- ↑ "Comet Breakup Points to Possible Meteor Shower in 2022". Space.com. 2006-05-10. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
- ↑ Jonathan Amos (2012-05-02). "Esa selects 1bn-euro Juice probe to Jupiter". BBC News Online. BBC. Retrieved 2012-05-13.
- ↑ "Elon Musk outlines Mars colony vision". BBC. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
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