2090s

The 2090s (pronounced "twenty-nineties") is a decade of the Gregorian calendar that will begin on January 1, 2090, and will end on December 31, 2099. It will be the last decade of the 21st century.

Millennium: 3rd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
  • 2090
  • 2091
  • 2092
  • 2093
  • 2094
  • 2095
  • 2096
  • 2097
  • 2098
  • 2099
Categories:

Notable predictions and known events

2090
  • The 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund is set to expire.[1]

2092
  • Work on cleaning up the site of the Oldbury Nuclear Power Station near Thornbury, South Gloucestershire, England, which was decommissioned on 29 February 2012, is scheduled to be complete no earlier than 2092 (and possibly as late as 2101).[2]

2094

2096
  • February 29 – First time since the introduction of the Gregorian calendar that Ash Wednesday falls on February 29.
  • 2096 will be the last leap year in the 21st century, as 2100 will not be a leap year because it is divisible by 100 but not by 400, and it is the first such year since 1900.
  • The dwarf planet 2015 RR245 is expected to make its closest approach to the Sun.[5]

2099
  • The 100-year lease on toll Highway 407 in Ontario, Canada ends and full control of the electronic toll expressway returns to the Government of Ontario.

Fictional events
  • 21st century in fiction

References
  1. "Senate approves bill to extend 9/11 victims fund". Associated Press. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  2. Enoch, Nick (February 29, 2012). "World's oldest nuclear power station closes... but it will take 90 more years and £954m to clear it completely". Daily Mail. London. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  3. "The definitive guide to Denver International Airport's biggest conspiracy theories". The Denver Post. October 31, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  4. Grego, Peter (2007). Venus and Mercury, and How to Observe Them. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 227. ISBN 9780387742861.
  5. "Astronomers discover new distant dwarf planet beyond Neptune". Science Daily. July 11, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
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