3rd millennium

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The third millennium is the current millennium in the Anno Domini and Common Era in the Gregorian calendar. It began on January 1, 2001 and will end on December 31, 3000. It is distinct from the millennium known as the 2000s which began on January 1, 2000 and will end on December 31, 2999.

Events[change | change source]

  • By 2070, 1 to 3 billion people could be living in extreme heat because of climate change.[1][2][3]
  • 2285: On March 22, Easter will occur on its earliest possible date for the first time since the year 1818.
  • 2400: The first century leap year since 2000.
  • 2800: The second century leap year since 2400.

Centuries[change | change source]

References[change | change source]

  1. "Climate change: More than 3bn could live in extreme heat by 2070". BBC News. 5 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  2. Lustgarten, Abrahm (23 July 2020). "The Great Climate Migration Has Begun". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  3. Xu, Chi; Kohler, Timothy A.; Lenton, Timothy M.; Svenning, Jens-Christian; Scheffer, Marten (26 May 2020). "Future of the human climate niche". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117 (21): 11350–11355. doi:10.1073/pnas.1910114117. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 7260949. PMID 32366654.