| Centuries: | 20th century - 21st century - 22nd century |
| Decades: | 1980s 1990s 2000s - 2010s - 2020s 2030s 2040s |
| Years: | 2012 2013 2014 - 2015 - 2016 2017 2018 |
| 2015 by topic: |
| News by month |
| Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec |
| Arts |
| Architecture - Art - Literature (Poetry) - Music (Country, Metal, UK) - Film - Television - Home video |
| Politics |
| Countries - Elections - Int'l leaders - Politics - State leaders - Sovereign states |
| Science and technology |
| Archaeology - Aviation - Birding/Ornithology - Meteorology - Rail transport - Science - Spaceflight |
| Sports |
| Sport - Athletics (Track and Field) - Australian Football League - Baseball - Football (soccer) - Ice Hockey - Motorsport - Tennis National Rugby League |
| By place |
| Argentina - Australia - Canada - China -France - India - Iran - Iraq - Ireland - Japan - Luxembourg - Malaysia - Mexico - New Zealand - Norway- Pakistan - Singapore - South Africa - United Kingdom - United States - Zimbabwe |
| Other topics |
| Deaths - Awards - Games - Law - Religious leaders - Video gaming |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births - Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Works and introductions categories |
| Works - Introductions |
| Gregorian calendar | 2015 MMXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2768 |
| Armenian calendar | 1464 ԹՎ ՌՆԿԴ |
| Bahá'í calendar | 171 – 172 |
| Berber calendar | 2965 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2559 |
| Burmese calendar | 1377 |
| Chinese calendar | 4651/4711-11-11 (甲午年十一月十一日) — to —
4652/4712-11-21(乙未年十一月廿一日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1731 – 1732 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 2007 – 2008 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5775 – 5776 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2070 – 2071 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1937 – 1938 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5116 – 5117 |
| Holocene calendar | 12015 |
| Iranian calendar | 1393 – 1394 |
| Islamic calendar | 1436 – 1437 |
| Japanese calendar | Heisei 27 (平成27年) |
| Korean calendar | 4348 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2558 |
| Unix time | 1420070400 – 1451606399 |
2015 (MMXV) will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. The twentieth century of the Common Era began on The 21st century is the current century of the Christian Era or Common Era in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The 22nd century of the Common Era will span the years 2101&ndash2200 of the Gregorian calendar. See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 The 2010s Decade is a period of 10 years that will begin on January 1, 2010 and will end on December 31, 2019. The 2020s is the 3rd decade of the 21st century of the Anno Domini ( common) era The 2030s will begin on January 1, 2030 and end on December 31, 2039. The decade will begin on 1st January 2040 and will end on 31st December 2049 This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century 2012 ( MMXII) will be a Leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. 2013 ( MMXIII) will be a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. 2014 ( MMXIV) will be a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. 2016 ( MMXVI) will be a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. 2017 ( MMXVII) will be a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. 2018 ( MMXVIII) will be a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. 2015 ( MMXV) will be a Common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. 2015 ( MMXV) will be a Common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. 2015 ( MMXV) will be a Common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. 2015 ( MMXV) will be a Common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. 2015 ( MMXV) will be a Common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. 2015 ( MMXV) will be a Common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. 2015 ( MMXV) will be a Common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. 2015 ( MMXV) will be a Common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. 2015 ( MMXV) will be a Common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. 2015 ( MMXV) will be a Common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. 2015 ( MMXV) will be a Common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. 2015 ( MMXV) will be a Common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. Events Unknown date events &ndash The Thameslink upgrade project is expected to be completed The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious Calendar Events Births Deaths Calendar Events Births Deaths The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays is the current era name in Japan. The Heisei era started on January 8, 1989, just one day after the death of the reigning Emperor Hirohito The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King Unix time, or POSIX time, is a system for describing points in Time, defined as the number of seconds elapsed since Midnight Coordinated Universal Roman numerals are a Numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. This is the Calendar for any Common year starting on Thursday ( Dominical letter D) The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today
Contents |
Predicted events
March
- March 20 — Total solar eclipse (visible in the North Atlantic). Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth so that the Sun is wholly or partially obscured
July
- July 1 — Earth, Venus and Jupiter will be ordered on a single line. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. EARTH was a short-lived Japanese vocal trio which released 6 singles and 1 album between 2000 and 2001 The VENUS ( V ictoria E xperimental N etwork U nder the S ea project is a cabled sea floor observatory operated by the University
- July 14 — NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is expected to fly by Pluto and Charon at 50,000 kilometers per hour and explore the area for five months until distance becomes too great. Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program New Horizons is a Robotic spacecraft mission by NASA currently underway Charon (ˈʃærən; also, as in Χάρων) discovered in 1978 is either the largest Moon of Pluto or the smaller member of a double New Horizons will then enter the Kuiper Belt and eventually leave our Solar System. New Horizons is a Robotic spacecraft mission by NASA currently underway The Kuiper belt (ˈkaɪpɚ to rhyme with "viper" sometimes called the Edgeworth-Kuiper belt, is a region of the Solar System beyond the planets extending The Solar System consists of the Sun and those celestial objects bound to it by Gravity.
- July 17 — Analogue television will be switched off in Ukraine. Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians Analog (or analogue) television encodes Television picture and sound information and transmits it as an Analog signal: one in which the Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe.
September
- September 9 — Queen Elizabeth II will become the longest-reigning monarch in British History, surpassing Queen Victoria's 63 years on the throne. Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian For the ship see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Context States headed by Elizabeth II Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901 was from 20 June 1837 the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- September 13 — Partial solar eclipse. Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September
December
- December 31 — Millennium Development Goals are targeted for achievement. Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia.
- December 31 — Microcredit Summit Campaign goals are targeted for achievement. Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia.
- December 31 — Analogue television will be swiched off in the Philippines. Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Analog (or analogue) television encodes Television picture and sound information and transmits it as an Analog signal: one in which the The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP
Unknown dates
- The first plasma operation of the fusion reactor ITER is expected. ITER is an international Tokamak ( Magnetic confinement fusion) research/engineering proposal for an experimental project that will help to make the transition from
- The United States Navy will commission USS Gerald R. Ford, the first ship in a new class of supercarriers. Commissioning is the act or ceremony of placing a ship in active service Ship naming In Features Carriers of the Ford class will incorporate many new design features including a new nuclear reactor design (the A1B reactor) stealthier features This is about the warships For the television program see Supercarrier (TV series.
- The Bunker Hill Redevelopment Project, in Downtown Los Angeles, California, will end, setting the local record for the longest planning project, lasting 62 years. Bunker Hill, in the downtown area of Los Angeles California, is a short developed hill with its peak located roughly around 3rd Street. Downtown Los Angeles is the Central business district of Los Angeles, California, United States, located close to the geographic center
- Crossrail in London, United Kingdom's first stage will open. Crossrail is a project to build major new Railway connections under central London. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located It travels under London to west (one link) and East (2 links).
- The Dulles Corridor Rapid Transit Project will be complete, connecting Dulles Airport and the surrounding communities to Washington, DC. The Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project, informally dubbed the Silver Line due to its color on maps is a planned extension of the Washington Metro Rapid transit Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D
- The rolling stock of the Tyne and Wear Metro system will come to the end of its useful life, and will be replaced by a more modern system — possibly incorporating street-running trams. The Tyne and Wear Metro is a metro system serving stations in Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Tyneside North Tyneside and Sunderland, A tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car, or streetcar is a railborne vehicle, of lighter weight and construction than a Train
- The winning nation for the 2022 Winter Olympics will be announced by the IOC. The 2022 Winter Olympics, formally called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games is an event that the International Olympic Committee has yet to
- The Rugby World Cup will be played (Both Scotland and Japan have applied to the IRB to host the event)
- Brood XXIII (Lower Mississippi Valley Brood) of the Magicicada will emerge after a 13 year hiatus. The Rugby World Cup is the premier international Rugby union competition Magicicada is the genus of the 13- and 17- year periodical Cicadas of eastern North America.
- Cricket World Cup will be played in Australia and New Zealand. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island
- The Voyager 1 space probe will reach the heliopause. The Voyager 1 spacecraft is a 722-kilogram robotic Space probe of the outer Solar system and beyond launched September 5, The heliosphere is a bubble in space "blown" into the Interstellar medium (the hydrogen and helium gas that permeates the Galaxy) by the
- Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf enters the public domain. Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately Mein Kampf ( English: My Struggle/My Battle) is a book by Adolf Hitler. The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone
- NASA Solar Probe, will orbit the Sun
- ESA Solar Orbiter (SOLO), will orbit the Sun to perform close observations of the polar regions of the Sun
- NASA New Horizons: Pluto flyby, then will leave the Solar System
2015 in fiction
Computer and video games
- Doom: The Union Aerospace Corporation is founded by Thomas Kelliher. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program Solar probe can refer to NASA Solar probe List of planetary probes, which includes many solar probes The Sun (Sol is the Star at the center of the Solar System. The European Space Agency ( ESA) established in 1975 is an intergovernmental organisation dedicated to the exploration of space, currently with 17 member The Solar Orbiter (also called SOLO) is a Sun -observing Satellite, in development by the European Space Agency. The Sun (Sol is the Star at the center of the Solar System. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program New Horizons is a Robotic spacecraft mission by NASA currently underway The Solar System consists of the Sun and those celestial objects bound to it by Gravity. Doom (officially cased DOOM) is a 1993 Computer game by Id Software that is a landmark title in the First-person shooter The Union Aerospace Corporation ( UAC) is a fictional conglomerate focused on military-industrial research in id Software's science
- Star Control: The Small War of 2015 takes place, a war where many of humanity's nuclear weapons were used, and resolved in the isolations of the weapons. Star Control Famous Battles of the Ur-Quan Conflict Volume IV is a Science fiction Computer game that was developed by Toys for Bob and published by It is called the "small war" because it could have been much worse.
- Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation: The first Ace Combat installment for the Xbox 360. is the latest installment developed by Namco Bandai exclusively for the Xbox 360 as part of the Ace Combat franchise Ace Combat is an arcade style Flight Action Video game series published by the Japanese company Bandai Namco Games. The Xbox 360 is the second Video game console produced by Microsoft, and was developed in cooperation with IBM, ATI, and SiS. The game takes place on the Anean continent in a war between Emmeria and Estovakia.
- Mega Man 8 and Mega Man & Bass are set in this year. Mega Man 8, known as in Japan is a Video game released by Capcom in 1996 and 1997 for the PlayStation and the Sega Saturn Mega Man & Bass, known in Japan as, is a game in the original ''Mega Man'' series.
Film
- Dr. Emmett Brown, Marty McFly and Jennifer Parker travel to October 21 of this year in the film Back to the Future Part II. "Doc Brown" redirects here For the British rapper see Doc Brown (rapper. Martin "Marty" McFly is a Fictional character and the main protagonist in the Back to the Future Jennifer Jane Parker is a Fictional character in the Back to the Future Motion picture Trilogy. Events 1512 - Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg. Back to the Future Part II is a 1989 film and a Sequel to the 1985 film Back to the Future. According to a holographic newscast, the Chicago Cubs win the World Series against a team from Miami. The Chicago Cubs are a Professional Baseball franchise based in Chicago, Illinois. For other events named "World Series" see World Series (disambiguation. Inventions also include flying cars, self-fitting clothes and shoes, as well as hover-boards.
Television
- Set in 2015:
- Defenders of the Earth (1986):
- Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996): The mysterious entities known as Angels reappear on Earth after a 15-year absence. Defenders of the Earth is an animated television series produced in the late 1980s featuring characters from three comic strips distributed by King Features Syndicate The Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise is a multi-billion dollar umbrella of Japanese media properties generally owned by the anime studio Gainax.
- Future GPX Cyber Formula (1991): Hayato Kazami becomes the youngest driver ever in Cyber formula with Sugo Grand Prix. is a 37- Episode Anime Television series by Sunrise. It originally aired in Japan between 1991-03-15 and 1991-12-20 Hayato Kazami （風見 ハヤト） is the main character in the Anime series Future GPX Cyber Formula.
- Space: Above and Beyond (1995–1996): Aerospace and defense supplier Aero-Tech is founded. Space Above and Beyond (abbreviated as SAAB) was a short-lived 1990s American Science fiction Television show on the
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ("Past Tense," 1995): By 2015, London has its own Major League Baseball team, the London Kings. "Past Tense" is a two-part episode from the third season of Star Trek Deep Space Nine. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
- 3rd Rock from the Sun: According to Dick Solomon in the episode "Angry Dick", a giant meteor is destined to collide with Earth. 3rd Rock from the Sun is an Emmy Award -winning American sitcom that aired from 1996 until 2001 on NBC. Dr Richard Solomon, usually known as Dick Solomon, is a character played by John Lithgow in the late 90's NBC Sitcom 3rd Rock from When he says this in his physics class and all of his students turn towards him in shock, he adds, "which obviously doesn't exist because I'm kidding!"
Media franchises
- .hack: A fire occurs at the main CC Corp building, resulting in a large loss of data forcing The World to shut down. By splicing in data from what would have been another game, CC Corp is able to rebuild the game system, thus creating The World:R2.
Other fictions
- John Titor, a claimed time traveler from year 2036, said that World War III would begin during 2015 on his world line. John Titor is the name used on several bulletin boards during 2000 and 2001 by a poster claiming to be a Time traveler from the year 2036 2036 ( MMXXXVI) will be a Leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. World War III (also WWIII, or Third World War) denotes a successor to World War II (1939&ndash1945 that would be on a global scale with In physics the world line of an object is the unique path of that object as it travels through 4- Dimensional Spacetime.
| Preceded by 2014 |
Years 2015 |
Succeeded by 2016 |
Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic