2022
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| Gregorian calendar | 2022 MMXXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2775 |
| Armenian calendar | 1471 ԹՎ ՌՆՀԱ |
| Chinese calendar | 4658/4718-11-29 (辛丑年十一月廿九日) — to — 4659/4719-12-9(壬寅年十二月初九日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 2014 – 2015 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5782 – 5783 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2077 – 2078 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1944 – 1945 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5123 – 5124 |
| Iranian calendar | 1400 – 1401 |
| Islamic calendar | 1444 – 1445 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2565 |
2022 (MMXXII) will be a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar.
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Scheduled events
- February 28 - last day to return Portuguese escudo banknotes from the last issued series to central bank Banco de Portugal for conversion to euro
- March 17 The Republic of Ireland will celebrate its 100th anniversary on this day, even though it gained independence on the 9th of December
- November 8 - United States mid-term elections
Unscheduled events
- 2022 Winter Olympics to be held this year
- FIFA's World Cup will have its 22nd edition. No countries have volunteered to host it yet.
- 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann causes a meteor shower [1]
Predicted or expected events
- February 6 - If she is still in reign Queen Elizabeth II will celebrate her Platinum Jubilee, marking 70 years on the British throne. At this point she would be 95 years old.
2022 in fiction
Films
- Set in 2022: Soylent Green (1973)
Television
- seaQuest DSV (1995): seaQuest is abducted from Earth.
Categories
Future events