2046

This article is about the year 2046. For the film, see 2046 (film).

Millennium:	3rd millennium
Centuries:	20th century – 21st century – 22nd century
Decades:	2010s  2020s  2030s  – 2040s –  2050s  2060s  2070s
Years:	2043 2044 2045 – 2046 – 2047 2048 2049

2046 by topic:

Arts

Architecture – Comics – Film – Home video – Literature (Poetry) – Music (Country, Metal, UK) – Radio – Television – Video gaming

Politics

Elections – Int'l leaders – State leaders – Sovereign states

Science and technology

Archaeology – Aviation – Birding/Ornithology – Meteorology – Palaeontology – Rail transport – Spaceflight

Sports

Athletics (Track and Field) – Australian Football League – Baseball – Basketball – Football (soccer) – Cricket – Ice Hockey – Motorsport – Road cycling (men, women) – Tennis – Rugby league

By place

Afghanistan – Algeria – Argentina – Armenia – Australia – Austria - Azerbaijan – Bangladesh - Belgium - Brazil – Canada – Chile – China – Costa Rica – Croatia – Denmark – El Salvador – Egypt – Ethiopia – European Union – Finland – France – Georgia – Germany – Ghana – Greece – Hungary – India – Indonesia – Iraq – Iran – Ireland – Israel – Italy – Japan – Kenya – Latvia – Lithuania – Luxembourg – Malaysia – Mexico – Moldova – Netherlands – New Zealand – Norway – Pakistan – Palestinian territories – Philippines – Poland – Romania – Russia – Rwanda – Serbia – Singapore – South Africa – South Korea – Spain – Sri Lanka – Sweden – Turkey – United Arab Emirates – United Kingdom – United 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

2046 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	2046 MMXLVI
Ab urbe condita	2799
Armenian calendar	1495 ԹՎ ՌՆՂԵ
Assyrian calendar	6796
Bahá'í calendar	202–203
Bengali calendar	1453
Berber calendar	2996
British Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	2590
Burmese calendar	1408
Byzantine calendar	7554–7555
Chinese calendar	乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 4742 or 4682     — to — 丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 4743 or 4683
Coptic calendar	1762–1763
Discordian calendar	3212
Ethiopian calendar	2038–2039
Hebrew calendar	5806–5807
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2102–2103
- Shaka Samvat	1968–1969
- Kali Yuga	5147–5148
Holocene calendar	12046
Igbo calendar	1046–1047
Iranian calendar	1424–1425
Islamic calendar	1468–1469
Japanese calendar	Heisei 58 (平成５８年)
Juche calendar	135
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4379
Minguo calendar	ROC 135 民國135年
Thai solar calendar	2589
Unix time	2398377600–2429913599

2046 (MMXLVI) will be a common year starting on Monday (dominical letter G) of the Gregorian calendar, the 2046th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 46th year of the 3rd millennium, the 46th year of the 21st century, and the 7th year of the 2040s decade.

In fiction

• Contrary to some pre-release speculations, the 2004 film 2046 does not entirely take place in this year. Rather, a science fiction subplot set in that year does form part of the narrative. The date is a reference to the end of the fifty-year period of One country, two systems that allows Hong Kong to remain a separate Administrative Region. In 2047 Hong Kong will no longer maintain its separate capitalist political and economic system and its own way of life protected under the Sino-British Joint Declaration.
• The 2009 video for the songs PerfektBreitHimmelblau take place in this year.
• The film Doom, based on the video game series of the same name, takes place in this year.
• The Epilogue of the Jordan Chandler novel A Decibel Eight takes place this year.
• Hideo Kojima's adventure game Snatcher is set in this year.
• The 1994 Cyberpunk Anime series Armitage III is set in this year.
• Macross 7: Trash, a manga series by Haruhiko Mikimoto, serving as a side-story to Macross 7.
• Events told in Defiance occurs in that year.
• One of the main characters in the 1993 film, the Demolition Man, is said to be eligible for parole in that year.
• The manga and anime Accel World takes place in 2046.