2051

Millennium:	3rd millennium
Centuries:	20th century – 21st century – 22nd century
Decades:	2020s  2030s  2040s  – 2050s –  2060s  2070s  2080s
Years:	2048 2049 2050 – 2051 – 2052 2053 2054

2051 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) – Australian Football League – Baseball – Basketball – Boxing – Cricket – Golf – Horse racing – Ice Hockey – Motorsport – Road cycling (men, women) – Rugby league – 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 – 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

2051 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	2051 MMLI
Ab urbe condita	2804
Armenian calendar	1500 ԹՎ ՌՇ
Assyrian calendar	6801
Bahá'í calendar	207–208
Bengali calendar	1458
Berber calendar	3001
British Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	2595
Burmese calendar	1413
Byzantine calendar	7559–7560
Chinese calendar	庚午年 (Metal Horse) 4747 or 4687     — to — 辛未年 (Metal Goat) 4748 or 4688
Coptic calendar	1767–1768
Discordian calendar	3217
Ethiopian calendar	2043–2044
Hebrew calendar	5811–5812
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2107–2108
- Shaka Samvat	1973–1974
- Kali Yuga	5152–5153
Holocene calendar	12051
Igbo calendar	1051–1052
Iranian calendar	1429–1430
Islamic calendar	1473–1474
Japanese calendar	Heisei 63 (平成６３年)
Juche calendar	140
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4384
Minguo calendar	ROC 140 民國140年
Thai solar calendar	2594
Unix time	2556144000–2587679999

2051 (MMLI) will be a common year starting on Sunday (dominical letter A) of the Gregorian calendar, the 2051st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 51st year of the 3rd millennium, the 51st year of the 21st century, and the 2nd year of the 2050s decade.

Predicted and scheduled events

• April – One of the METI messages Cosmic Call 1 sent from the 70-meter Eupatoria Planetary Radar in 1999 arrives at its destination, Gliese 777 star.
• June 1 – The Washington State Ferries time capsule will be opened, celebrating WSF's 100th Anniversary.

Date unknown

• Over 1.7 million people in the United Kingdom will be suffering from dementia according to reports published in 2007 by the London School of Economics and Institute of Psychiatry.^[1]
• According to the United States Census Bureau, population of the United States will reach 400 million.^[2]

In fiction

• TimeSplitters: Future Perfect video game takes place in 2051 in one of the missions.
• Brenda Chenowith, a fictional character from the television show Six Feet Under, dies in her home at the age of 82.
• Dream Park novel takes place in March 2051.

References

1. "1.7m 'will have dementia by 2051'", BBC News, 27 February 2007
2. Haya El Nasser and Paul Overberg (2012-12-12). "Census: Economy slows U.S. population growth". Usatoday.com. Retrieved 2015-11-11.