2026

Predicted and scheduled events

• January 1
  • Bulgaria will adopt the euro and become the 21st member state of the eurozone.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
  • Cyprus will begin its role as President of the Council of Europe.
• January 6 – The 2025 Jubilee will end on this day.
• January 11 – The 2026 Beninese parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.
• January 12 – The 2026 Ugandan general election is scheduled to be held.
• January 18 – The 2026 Portuguese presidential election is scheduled to be held.
• January 28 – Sarah Mullally will become primate of the Church of England.
• February 5 – The New START Treaty is scheduled to expire.<ref name="n935">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• February 6–22 – The Winter Olympics are scheduled to be held in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
• February 5 – NASA will launch the Artemis II Moon mission no earlier than this date.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7pegvz17yo</ref>
• February–March – The 2026 Men's T20 World Cup is scheduled to be held in India and Sri Lanka.
• March 5 – The 2026 Nepalese general election is scheduled to be held.
• March 6–15 – The Winter Paralympics are scheduled to be held in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
• March 8 – The 2026 Colombian parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.
• March 15 – The 2026 Vietnamese legislative election is scheduled to be held.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• March 20Template:Ndash22 Template:Ndash 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships at Kujawsko-Pomorska Arena Toruń in Toruń, BiT City, Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• March 29 – If not triggered earlier, the 2026 Slovenian parliamentary election will be held no later than this date.
• April 12
  • The 2026 Peruvian general election is scheduled to be held.
  • The 2026 Beninese presidential election is scheduled to be held.
• May 12–16 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 is scheduled to be held in Vienna, Austria, following their win at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• May 31 – The 2026 Colombian presidential election is scheduled to be held.
• June 7 – The 2026 Armenian parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.
• June 11–July 19 – The 2026 FIFA World Cup is scheduled to be held in Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
• July 23–August 2 – The 2026 Commonwealth Games are scheduled to held in Glasgow, Scotland.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• August 13 – The 2026 Zambian general election is scheduled to be held.
• August 30 – The 2026 Estonian presidential election is scheduled to be held.
• September 4–13 – The 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup is scheduled to be held in Berlin, Germany.
• September 5Template:Ndash27 Template:Ndash 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, Poland (Łódź, Katowice, Sosnowiec, and Bielsko-Biała).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• September 13 – The 2026 Swedish general election is scheduled to be held.
• September 20 – If not triggered earlier, the 2026 Russian legislative election will be held no later than this date.
• October 3 – If not triggered earlier, the 2026 Latvian parliamentary election will be held no later than this date.
• October 4
  • The 2026 Brazilian general election is scheduled to be held.
  • The 2026 Bosnian general election is scheduled to be held.
• October 27 – If not triggered earlier, the 2026 Israeli legislative election will be held no later than this date.
• October 31 – If not triggered earlier, the 2026 Danish general election will be held no later than this date.
• November 3 – The 2026 United States midterm elections will be held.
• November 15 – Voyager 1 will reach 1 light day distance from Earth, 49 years after its launch in 1977.
• December 19 – If not triggered earlier, the next New Zealand general election will be held no later than this date.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• December 3Template:Ndash20 Template:Ndash 2026 European Women's Handball Championship in Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Turkey.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• December 22 – The 2026 South Sudanese general election is scheduled to be held, the first since the country's independence in 2011.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• February
  • The 2026 Bangladeshi general election is scheduled to be held.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• • If not triggered earlier, the 2026 Laotian parliamentary election will be held no later than this date.
• April
  • The 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.
  • If not triggered earlier, the 2026 Djiboutian presidential election will be held no later than this date.
• May – The 2026 Lebanese general election is scheduled to be held.
• June
  • The 2026 Ethiopian general election is scheduled to be held.
  • If not triggered earlier, the 2026 Algerian parliamentary election will be held no later than this date.
• July – If not triggered earlier, the 2026 São Toméan presidential election will be held no later than this date.
• September
  • The 2026 Moroccan general election is scheduled to be held.
  • The 2026 São Toméan parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.
• September/October Template:Ndash 2026 Speedway World Cup at Warsaw’s PGE Narodowy, Poland
• October – The 2026 Cape Verdean presidential election is scheduled to be held.
• November – The 2026 Bulgarian presidential election is scheduled to be held.
• December – The 2026 Gambian presidential election is scheduled to be held.
• The 2026 Republic of the Congo presidential election is scheduled to be held.
• The 2026 Cape Verdean parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.
• The 2026 ASEAN Summit is scheduled to be held in the Philippines.