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 |
| 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 of the Gregorian calendar (dominical letter A), 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 – A METI message Cosmic Call 1 sent from the 70-meter Eupatoria Planetary Radar 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