2013 (MMXIII) will be a common year starting on a Tuesday in the Gregorian calendar. It will be the 2013th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations; the 13th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century; and the 4th of the 2010s decade. It will also be the first year to be denoted by four different digits in 26 years (since 1987).
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JulyPredicted and scheduled events
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- July 1 – Croatia is set to join the European Union. Croatia will be the first country that entered the EU alone (since other countries entered together in 2004 and 2007), although Greeceacceded to the European Community alone in 1981.
[edit]November
- Planned launch of the Indian Mars probe Mangalyaan.[1][2]
[edit]Date unknown
- The space program of the People's Republic of China will attempt its first unmanned Moonlanding with the Chang'e 3 mission.[3]
- NASA's Venus In-Situ Explorer mission to Venus (part of the New Frontiers program).
- The MAVEN spacecraft, part of NASA's Mars Scout Program, is set to launch in 2013.[4]
- China's Tiangong 2 to be launched.[5]
- Australia will withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.[6]
- The Megatons to Megawatts Program between Russia and the United States will expire.
[edit]Major religious holidays
- January 6 – Christmas – (Celebrated by the Armenian Church)
- January 7 – Christmas – Eastern Orthodox Churches.
- February 1 – Imbolc, a Cross-quarter day (Celebrated on February 2 in some places).
- February 13 - Ash Wednesday
- March 20 – Spring Equinox, also known as Ostara.
- March 26 - Passover
- March 31 – Easter (Western Christianity).
- May 1 – Beltane, a Cross-quarter day.
- May 5 – Easter (Eastern Christianity).
- May 9 – Feast of the Ascension (Western Christianity).
- May 19 – Pentecost (Western Christianity).
- June 21 – Summer solstice, also known as Midsummer.
- July 9 – Ramadan, Muslims holy month of fasting begins.
- August 1 – Lammas, a Cross-quarter day.
- August 8 – Eid al-Fitr, Muslims end of fasting celebration.
- September 22 – Autumn Equinox, also known as Mabon.
- October 14 - Thanksgiving (Canada)
- October 15 - Eid al-Adha, Muslims commemorating prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son.
- November 1 – Samhain, a Cross-quarter day and Neopagan new year.
- November 3 – Diwali.
- November 28 - Thanksgiving (United States)
- November 28 – Chanukah.
- December 8 – Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Catholicism).
- December 21 – Winter solstice, also known as Yule.
- December 25 – Christmas (Western Christianity).
2013 in science
A number of significant scientific events are scheduled to occur in 2013. The United Nations has designated 2013 the International Year of Water Cooperation.[1]Predicted and scheduled events
[edit]April
- 25 April – A partial lunar eclipse will occur.
[edit]May
- 10 May – An annular solar eclipse will occur.
[edit]June
- China will launch its Shenzhou 10 manned spacecraft to rendezvous with the Tiangong-1 orbital module.[2]
[edit]October
- 18 October – A penumbral lunar eclipse will occur.
[edit]November
- 3 November – A total solar eclipse will occur.
- India will launch its first Mars probe, Mangalyaan.[3]
[edit]Date unknown
- China will attempt its first unmanned Moon landing, with the Chang'e 3 lunar rover mission.[4]
- The MAVEN spacecraft, part of NASA's Mars Scout Program, is set to launch in 2013.[5]
- China's Tiangong-2 space station module is set to be launched in 2013.[6]
- The first commercially licensed, grid-connected wave-energy device in the US, designed by Ocean Power Technologies, will be launched inReedsport, Oregon.[7][8]
- The United States government will sell off the first large coastal sites for the development of offshore wind farms.[9]
- A British energy firm plans to begin constructing Africa's largest photovoltaic solar energy plant, a 155-megawatt installation, in Ghana.[10]
- The first Maersk Triple E-class container ships, the largest and most efficient cargo vessels yet constructed, will be delivered.[11]
- Major carmakers, including Toyota and Chrysler, will launch cars featuring built-in wireless charging for mobile devices in 2013.[12]
Works of fiction set in 2013
Comic books
- X-Men: The X-Men try to overthrow the dystopian rule of the robot Sentinels in the Days of Future Past storyline (1980).
- In the comic book Legion of Super-Heroes (Number 6, July 2005, DC Comics), Cosmic Boy avers that the Bar Code on the cover of comic booksis "destined to become outlawed in the Design Aesthetic Wars of 2013."
[edit]Computer and video games
- Grand Theft Auto 2 (1999): Game is possibly set in this year.
- Shattered Union (2005): The District of Columbia is destroyed this year by a low-yield nuclear weapon.
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (2006)
- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations (2007): Flashbacks to this year occur.
- Manhunt 2 (2007): Present day missions are possibly set in this year while flashbacks are set in 2007.
- Call of Duty: Black Ops (2010): The events of Call of the Dead occur in March.
- Metro 2033 (2010): A nuclear war occurs in this year.
- Resident Evil 6 (2012): The next virus outbreak in China and America is confirmed to be set in this year
- Grand Theft Auto V (2013): Game is released and set in this year.
[edit]Film
- Escape from L.A. (1996)
- The Postman (1997)
- A Scanner Darkly (2006)
- The Book of Eli (2010)
[edit]Television
- In the BBC mockumentary Time Trumpet, British retail chain Tesco launches an invasion of Denmark on January 21 of this year.
- The last few minutes of the Season 4 finale and Season 5 of Desperate Housewives is set in this year.
- BBC Drama Spooks: Code 9 is set in this year.
- The Simpsons episode "Future-Drama" is set in this year since it aired in 2005 as the Simpsons siblings, Bart and Lisa, are shown where they will be eight years into the future.
- Smallville's season 9 finale, Salvation, depicted a vision of this year.
- The final episodes of the television show Death Note takes place during January of this year.
| Millennium: | 3rd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 20th century – 21st century – 22nd century |
| Decades: | 1980s 1990s 2000s – 2010s – 2020s 2030s 2040s |
| Years: | 2010 2011 2012 – 2013 – 2014 2015 2016 |
| Gregorian calendar | 2013 MMXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2766 |
| Armenian calendar | 1462 ԹՎ ՌՆԿԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6763 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 169–170 |
| Bengali calendar | 1420 |
| Berber calendar | 2963 |
| British Regnal year | 61 Eliz. 2 – 62 Eliz. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2557 |
| Burmese calendar | 1375 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7521–7522 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬辰年十一月二十日 (4649/4709-11-20)
— to —
癸巳年十一月廿九日(4650/4710-11-29) |
| Coptic calendar | 1729–1730 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 2005–2006 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5773–5774 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2069–2070 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1935–1936 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5114–5115 |
| Holocene calendar | 12013 |
| Igbo calendar | |
| - Ǹrí Ìgbò | 1013–1014 |
| Iranian calendar | 1391–1392 |
| Islamic calendar | 1434–1435 |
| Japanese calendar | Heisei 25 (平成25年) |
| Juche calendar | 102 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
| Korean calendar | 4346 |
| Minguo calendar | ROC 102 民國102年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2556 |
| Unix time | 1356998400–1388534399 |
