The 21st century
13,793 recorded events across 26 years of the 21st century, 2001 to 2100. 13,770 of them are dated to a specific year; the rest are recorded only as belonging to the 21st century. The largest categories are people (6,343), sports & entertainment (1,641) and science & technology (1,512).
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Busiest years
Every year in the 21st century
Years with no recorded events are omitted. The number is how many events are dated precisely to that year; entries known only to a century or decade are listed on the year page separately.