| Millennium: | 3rd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 24th century · 25th century · 26th century |
| Decades: | 2400s 2410s 2420s 2430s 2440s 2450s 2460s 2470s 2480s 2490s |
The 25th century of the anno Domini (common) era will span the years 2401–2500 of the Gregorian calendar.
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Astronomical predictions for the 25th century
- December 30, 2419: At 01:38 UTC Venus will occult Uranus.
- 2426: Pluto's second orbit, since its discovery.
- 2456: Triple conjunction Mars-Jupiter.
- August 29, 2478: At 23:11 UTC Mars will occult Jupiter.
- June 12, 2490: Transit of Venus.
- May 6, 2492: Belgian astronomer Jean Meeus asserts that the orbits of all eight planets and Pluto will be within the same 90° arc of the Solar System. The last time this is believed to have occurred was on February 1, 9491.
- June 10, 2498: Transit of Venus.
Science fiction set in the 25th century
- The events of the Sega Mega Drive strategy game Vixen 357 and the Super Nintendo Entertainment System strategy game War 2410 take place during this century.
- The events of the 2005 science fiction film Æon Flux is set in the year 2415.
- Buck Rogers (c. 2419 — original; 2491 — 1970s TV series).
- Additionally, Duck Dodgers is set midway through the century.
- Louis-Sébastien Mercier's L'An 2440 depicts a utopia set in that year; the standard English translation rounds to 2500.
- The events of the original computer game in the StarCraft series begin on December 12, 2499, crossing over into 2500.
- Jason X (although it begins in an early year of the 21st century, most of the film is set in the year 2455).
- The video games TimeSplitters 2 and TimeSplitters: Future Perfect take place mainly in 2401.
- The events of Mega Man ZX take place on the 25th century.
- The computer game Fragile Allegiance begins on May 25, 2496.
- All of the characters from the television series Firefly and feature film Serenity are born in the latter part of the 25th century.
- In the series Magnus, Robot Fighter, by Russ Manning, in 2500 a robotic repair ship crashes on a planet around the star malev and suffers severe damage. This leads to the creation of Malev-6, a malevolent computer that fills the entire planet.
- In the film Happy Accidents, Vincent D'Onofrio's character Sam Deed claims to be from the year 2470.
- In David Brin's Uplift Universe, the events triggered by Streaker's discovery of the derelict fleet happen in the 25th century. Startide Rising and The Uplift War begin in 2489.
- The Silverhawks children's television series takes place in the 25th century.
- DC Comics superhero Booster Gold was born in the 25th century.
- In the Earthsiege universe, the first Cybrid known as Prometheus is activated on November 29, 2471.
- In the TV series Futurama episode When Aliens Attack, Professor Farnsworth says that videotapes were destroyed during the Second Coming of Christ, which took place in 2443.
- In the Australian TV series The Girl from Tomorrow Tulista visits the year 2500 and comes back with Silverthorn who is from the year 2500.
- The second series of The Girl From Tomorrow, The Girl from Tomorrow Part II: Tomorrow's End takes place primarily in the year 2500. It starts out in the year 3000, with some scenes in the year 1990.
- Part of the final episode of Star Trek: Voyager, Endgame takes place in the year 2404. The future captain Kathryn Janeway also brought technology from that year back to the year 2378.
- Part of the Halo Series takes place in the 25th Century, including when the UNSC ship Spirit of Fire was launched.
- The events of Star Ocean: The Second Story takes place in the year 2452.
References
- ^ Site: SkyAlignments. (non accessible)
Decades and years
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