The 21st century
23,777 recorded events across 26 years of the 21st century, 2001 to 2100. 23,740 of them are dated to a specific year; the rest are recorded only as belonging to the 21st century. The largest categories are sports & entertainment (6,580), people (6,345) and disasters & pandemics (3,229).
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Busiest years
- 2020 — 1264 eventsCOVID-19 declared a pandemic
- 2016 — 1083 eventsBrexit referendum
- 2012 — 1071 eventsHiggs boson discovery announced
- 2022 — 1064 eventsRussia invades Ukraine
- 2014 — 1056 eventsRussia annexes Crimea
- 2015 — 1020 eventsParis Agreement adopted
- 2018 — 989 eventsPrespa agreement
- 2017 — 984 eventsTreaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
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.