2081

Millennium:	3rd millennium
Centuries:	20th century · 21st century · 22nd century
Decades:	2050s · 2060s · 2070s · 2080s · 2090s · 2100s · 2110s
Years:	2078 · 2079 · 2080 · 2081 · 2082 · 2083 · 2084

2081 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

2081 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	2081 MMLXXXI
Ab urbe condita	2834
Armenian calendar	1530 ԹՎ ՌՇԼ
Assyrian calendar	6831
Bahá'í calendar	237–238
Bengali calendar	1488
Berber calendar	3031
British Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	2625
Burmese calendar	1443
Byzantine calendar	7589–7590
Chinese calendar	庚子年 (Metal Rat) 4777 or 4717     — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 4778 or 4718
Coptic calendar	1797–1798
Discordian calendar	3247
Ethiopian calendar	2073–2074
Hebrew calendar	5841–5842
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2137–2138
- Shaka Samvat	2002–2003
- Kali Yuga	5181–5182
Holocene calendar	12081
Igbo calendar	1081–1082
Iranian calendar	1459–1460
Islamic calendar	1504–1505
Japanese calendar	Heisei 93 (平成９３年)
Javanese calendar	2016–2017
Juche calendar	170
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4414
Minguo calendar	ROC 170 民國170年
Nanakshahi calendar	613
Thai solar calendar	2624
Unix time	3502915200–3534451199

2081 (MMLXXXI) will be a common year starting on Wednesday (dominical letter E) of the Gregorian calendar, the 2081st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 81st year of the 3rd millennium, the 81st year of the 21st century, and the 2nd year of the 2080s decade.

In fiction

• The year in which Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut takes place is 2081.
• Gerard K. O'Neill wrote a book named 2081: A Hopeful View of the Human Future, which includes his predictions on the future world.
• The first year of the Universal Century, the time line in which the 1979 anime series Mobile Suit Gundam and many of its sequels takes place, coincides with 2081.
• Video game Miner Wars 2081 by Keen Software House takes place in the year.

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