2096

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2096 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

2096 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	2096 MMXCVI
Ab urbe condita	2849
Armenian calendar	1545 ԹՎ ՌՇԽԵ
Assyrian calendar	6846
Bahá'í calendar	252–253
Bengali calendar	1503
Berber calendar	3046
British Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	2640
Burmese calendar	1458
Byzantine calendar	7604–7605
Chinese calendar	乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 4792 or 4732     — to — 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 4793 or 4733
Coptic calendar	1812–1813
Discordian calendar	3262
Ethiopian calendar	2088–2089
Hebrew calendar	5856–5857
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2152–2153
- Shaka Samvat	2017–2018
- Kali Yuga	5196–5197
Holocene calendar	12096
Igbo calendar	1096–1097
Iranian calendar	1474–1475
Islamic calendar	1519–1520
Japanese calendar	Heisei 108 (平成１０８年)
Javanese calendar	2031–2032
Juche calendar	185
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4429
Minguo calendar	ROC 185 民國185年
Nanakshahi calendar	628
Thai solar calendar	2639
Unix time	3976214400–4007836799

2096 (MMXCVI) will be a leap year starting on Sunday (dominical letter AG) of the Gregorian calendar, the 2096th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 96th year of the 3rd millennium, the 96th year of the 21st century, and the 7th year of the 2090s decade.

Predicted and scheduled events

• February 29 – First time that Ash Wednesday falls on February 29.
• 2096 is the last leap year before 2100, which will not be a leap year.
• The dwarf planet 2015 RR245 will make its closest approach to the Sun.^[1]

In fiction

• Events in the children's novel Tommy Storm take place.
• Events in Leprechaun 4: In Space take place.
• Events in the SimCity video game Las Vegas scenario where extraterrestrial attack the town take place in this year.
• The character Cy-5 from the video game, War Gods, comes from this year.
• Events in the game Syndicate (video game) start in this year.
• The OVA series Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn takes place in the year 2096 (Universal Century 0096).

References

1. "Astronomers discover new distant dwarf planet beyond Neptune". Science Daily. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.