2011

This article is about the year 2011. For the number, see 2011 (number). For The Smithereens album, see 2011 (album).
Millennium: 3rd millennium
Centuries: 20th century21st century22nd century
Decades: 1980s  1990s  2000s 2010s 2020s  2030s  2040s
Years: 2008 2009 201020112012 2013 2014
2011 by topic:
Arts
ArchitectureComicsFilmHome videoLiterature (Poetry) – Music (Country, Metal, UK) – RadioTelevisionVideo gaming
Politics
ElectionsInt'l leadersState leadersSovereign states
Science and technology
ArchaeologyAviationBirding/Ornithology – Meteorology – PalaeontologyRail transportSpaceflight
Sports
Association football (soccer) – Athletics (Track and Field) – Australian Football LeagueBaseballBasketball – Boxing – Cricket – Golf – Horse racing – Ice Hockey – Motorsport – Road cycling (men, women) – Rugby league – Tennis
By place
AfghanistanAlgeria – Antarctica – Argentina – Armenia – Australia – Austria - Azerbaijan – Bangladesh - Belgium - BrazilCanadaChileChina – Costa Rica – Croatia –Cuba – Denmark – El Salvador – EgyptEstonia – Ethiopia – European Union – Finland – FranceGeorgiaGermanyGhana – Greece – Hungary – IcelandIndiaIndonesiaIraqIranIrelandIsraelItalyJapanKenyaLatviaLithuania – Luxembourg – MalaysiaMexicoMoldovaNetherlandsNew ZealandNorwayPakistanPalestinian territoriesPhilippinesPolandRomaniaRussiaRwandaSerbiaSingaporeSouth AfricaSouth KoreaSpain – Sri Lanka – SwedenTurkeyUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomUnited 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
2011 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar2011
MMXI
Ab urbe condita2764
Armenian calendar1460
ԹՎ ՌՆԿ
Assyrian calendar6761
Bahá'í calendar167–168
Bengali calendar1418
Berber calendar2961
British Regnal year59 Eliz. 2  60 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar2555
Burmese calendar1373
Byzantine calendar7519–7520
Chinese calendar庚寅(Metal Tiger)
4707 or 4647
     to 
辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit)
4708 or 4648
Coptic calendar1727–1728
Discordian calendar3177
Ethiopian calendar2003–2004
Hebrew calendar5771–5772
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat2067–2068
 - Shaka Samvat1933–1934
 - Kali Yuga5112–5113
Holocene calendar12011
Igbo calendar1011–1012
Iranian calendar1389–1390
Islamic calendar1432–1433
Japanese calendarHeisei 23
(平成23年)
Juche calendar100
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4344
Minguo calendarROC 100
民國100年
Thai solar calendar2554
Unix time1293840000–1325375999
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2011 (MMXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (dominical letter B) of the Gregorian calendar, the 2011th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 11th year of the 3rd millennium, the 11th year of the 21st century, and the 2nd year of the 2010s decade.

2011 was designated as:

It was marked by a wave of revolutions in the Arab World known as the Arab Spring, including the beginnings of several unresolved protest movements and armed conflicts.

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Births

Deaths

Main article: Deaths in 2011

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Nobel Prizes

In fiction

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