2026 Explained

Predicted and scheduled events

• January 6  - The 2025 Jubilee will end on this day.
• February 5  - The New START Treaty is scheduled to expire.^[1]
• February 6 - 22  - The Winter Olympics are scheduled to be held in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
• February - March  - The ICC Men's T20 World Cup is scheduled to be held in India and Sri Lanka.
• March 6 - 15  - The Winter Paralympics are scheduled to be held in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
• April 12 – The 2026 Peruvian general election is scheduled to be held.
• June 11 – July 19 – The FIFA World Cup is scheduled to be held in Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
• June 14 – President-elect Donald Trump will be the second president to turn 80, following Joe Biden.
• July 4 – United States Semiquincentennial (250th anniversary)
• August – South African Local Government Elections are scheduled to be held, alternatively by November 2026.
• August 12  - A total solar eclipse is predicted to occur at the Moon's descending node of the orbit in North America and Europe. The total eclipse will pass over the Arctic, Greenland, Iceland, Atlantic Ocean and northern Spain.^[2]
• September – Artemis III, the first crewed landing on the lunar surface since 1972 and third mission of the Artemis Program, is scheduled to launch no earlier than September 2026.^[3]
• September 4 - 13 – The 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup is scheduled to be held in Berlin, Germany.
• September 13 – The 2026 Swedish general election is scheduled to be held.
• September 19 – October 4 – The 2026 Asian Games will be held in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
• October 4 – The 2026 Brazilian general election is scheduled to be held.
• November 3 – The United States midterm elections are scheduled to be held.
• December 22 – The 2026 South Sudanese general election is scheduled to be held, the first since the country's independence in 2011.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: February 4, 2024 . New START to Expire in Two Years as Russia Refuses Talks . 2024-11-18 . Arms Control Association.
2. Web site: Tara . Serena . 2023-11-17 . Forget 2024, It's Time to Start Planning for the 2026 Solar Eclipse . 2024-01-05 . Thrillist . en.
3. Web site: Artemis III - NASA . 2024-01-17 . en-US.
4. Web site: 14 September 2024 . South Sudan postpones December elections by 2 years citing incomplete preparations . 14 September 2024 . Associated Press . en-us.