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2025 (MMXXV) is a common year starting on Wednesday in the Gregorian calendar, and is the current year. It is the 2025th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 25th year of the 3rd millennium, the 25th year of the 21st century, and the 6th year of the 2020s decade.
Events
- January 1
- Poland takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union after Hungary.[1][2]
- Bulgaria and Romania join the Schengen Area, lifting land border controls.[3]
- Liechtenstein becomes the 39th country to legalize same-sex marriage.[4]
- Ukraine halts the transportation of Russian gas supplies through the country, following the expiration of a five-year transit deal,[5] while also becoming a state party in the International Criminal Court the same day.[6]
- In the United States, fifteen people are killed, including the perpetrator, and over 35 others are injured during a vehicle-ramming and shooting attack in New Orleans, Louisiana.[7]
- Thirteen people are killed and four more injured in multiple shootings in Cetinje, Montenegro.[8]
- January 4 – Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer announces his resignation.[9]
- January 5 – Former Prime Minister of Greece Costas Simitis dies in Corinth, Greece at the age of 88.[10]
- January 6
- Indonesia is officially made a full member state of BRICS.[11]
- Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau announces his resignation as Leader of the Liberal Party.[12]
- January 7
- A 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes Tibet Autonomous Region of Southwest China. Killing at least 95 people, whilst another 130 are injured.[13][14]
- A series of wildfires erupt in Southern California, forcing more than 30,000 people to evacuate and kills five people.[15]
- January 9 – General Joseph Aoun is elected President of Lebanon by the country's parliament, following a two-year vacancy of the presidency.[16]
Predicted & Scheduled events
- January 12 – The second round of the 2024–25 Croatian presidential election is scheduled to be held.[17]
- January 14 – February 2 – The 2025 World Men's Handball Championship will take place in Croatia, Denmark and Norway.[18][19]
- January 19 – A ban on TikTok in the United States is scheduled to go into effect.[20]
- January 20 – Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, becoming the second president in American history to serve non-consecutive terms.
- January 22 – Thailand will become the 40th country to legalize same-sex marriage.[21]
- January 26 – The 2025 Belarusian presidential election is scheduled to be held.[22]
- February 9
- The 2025 Ecuadorian general election is scheduled to be held.[source?]
- The 2025 Liechtenstein general election is scheduled to be held.[23]
- February 19 – March 9 – The 2025 ICC Champions Trophy will be held in Pakistan and Dubai.
- February 23 – The 2025 German federal election is scheduled to be held. It was pushed forward as a result of the 2024 German government crisis.
- March 31 – Yolanda Saldivar will be eligible for parole. This event will occur during the 30th anniversary of American singer Selena's death. Saldivar killed the twenty-three year-old singer at her Days Inn motel room in 1995.[24]
- April 13–October 13 – Expo 2025 will be held in Osaka, Japan.[25]
- April 19-20 - WWE WrestleMania 41 will take place over two nights at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. The event marks John Cena's final WrestleMania, as he plans to retire from wrestling in 2025.[26]
- May 9 – May 25 – The 2025 IIHF World Championship is scheduled to take place in Stockholm, Sweden and Herning, Denmark. [27]
- May 11 – The 2025 Albanian parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.[28]
- May 12 – The 2025 Philippine general election is scheduled to be held.[29]
- May 13–17 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 is scheduled to be held in Base, Switzerland.[30]
- May 17 – 2025 Australian federal election: Latest possible date for a simultaneous House and half-Senate election. If the elections are held separately, the House election could be as late as September 27; however, it is unlikely that there would be separate elections for the House and half-Senate.[source?]
- May 18 – The 2025 Polish presidential election is scheduled to be held; incumbent president Andrzej Duda is ineligible for re-election.[source?]
- May 25 – The 2025 Surinamese general election is scheduled to be held.[31]
- June 15 – July 13 – The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup will take place in the United States. [32]
- June 25–28 – The Glastonbury Festival, near Pilton, Somerset in the United Kingdom.
- July 1 – Bulgaria is expected to adopt the euro and become the 21st member state of the eurozone.[33]
- July 11 – August 3 – The 2025 World Aquatics Championships will take place in Singapore.[34]
- August 7–17 – The 2025 World Games will take place in Chengdu, China.[35]
- August 17 – The 2025 Bolivian general election is scheduled to be held.[source?]
- September 8 – The 2025 Norwegian parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.[36]
- September 12–28 – The 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship will take place in Pasay and Quezon City in the Philippines.
- September 13–21 – The 2025 World Athletics Championships will take place in Tokyo, Japan.[source?]
- October 3 – Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg will abdicate the throne in favor of his son Guillaume, who will reign as Guillaume V.[37]
- October 20 – If not triggered earlier, the 2025 Canadian federal election will be held no later than this date.[38]
- October 26 – The 2025 Argentine legislative election is scheduled to be held.[source?]
- October 27 – The 2025 Irish presidential election will be held no later than this date. Incumbent president Michael D. Higgins is ineligible for re-election.[39]
- November 21 – December 7 – The 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup will take place in the Philippines.[40]
- November 23
- November 27 – December 14 – The 2025 World Women's Handball Championship will take place in Germany and the Netherlands.[source?]
Unknown dates
- The Giant Magellan Telescope is expected to be completed.
- Voyager 2 might stop transmitting.
Deaths
References
- ↑ "Poland takes over the presidency. Prime Minister on "difficult six months"(Polska przejmuje prezydencję. Premier o "trudnych sześciu miesiącach".)". Polsat News. 3 January 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
- ↑ "PM Donald Tusk at the opening of the presidency: Europe is lucky(Donald Tusk na inauguracji prezydencji: Europa ma szczęście)". TVN24. 3 January 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
- ↑ "Statement by the European Commission on the occasion of Bulgaria and Romania becoming fully part of Schengen". European Commission - European Commission. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ↑ "Liechtenstein: Marriage Act Amended to Allow Same-Sex Marriage". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ↑ "Russian gas supply to Europe via Ukraine halted after transit deal expires". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ↑ "Ukraine becomes ICC member state". www.ukrinform.net. 2025-01-01. Retrieved 2025-01-01.
- ↑ "Ten dead after vehicle drives into large crowd in New Orleans, authorities say". BBC News. 1 January 2025. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ↑ Press, Associated (2025-01-01). "At least 10 killed and four more wounded in Montenegro shooting". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-01-01.
- ↑ "Austrian Chancellor Nehammer says he will resign after talks on forming a new government fail". AP News. 2025-01-04. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ↑ "Costas Simitis, former Greek prime minister and socialist leader, dies at 88". Associated Press. 5 January 2025. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
- ↑ "Indonesia is admitted to the BRICS bloc of developing nations". Associated Press. January 7, 2025. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
- ↑ "Canada Live Updates: Trudeau Is Said to Be Stepping Down as Party Leader, Setting Off Succession Race". The New York Times. 6 January 2025. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- ↑ "China earthquake: Dozens dead as tremor strikes Tibet". BBC News. 7 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ↑ "At least 95 killed as magnitude-6.8 earthquake hits China's Tibet region". ABC News. 2025-01-07. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
- ↑ "Officials Warn of 'Devastating Loss' as Southern California Wildfires Burn Out of Control". The New York Times. January 7, 2025. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
- ↑ "Lebanon's army chief Joseph Aoun elected president". Al Arabiya. 2025-01-09. Retrieved 2025-01-09.
- ↑ "Croats vote in presidential election, with incumbent favoured in polls". Reuters. 29 December 2024. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
- ↑ "2025 IHF Men's Handball World Championship". Archived from the original on November 11, 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ↑ "Host cities and schedule announced for the 2025 IHF Men's World Championship". International Handball Federation. April 8, 2024. Archived from the original on November 13, 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ↑ "TikTok set to be banned in the US after losing appeal". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
- ↑ Tanakasempipat, Patpicha (2024-09-25). "Same-Sex Marriage Legalized in Thailand, Starting in January". TIME. Retrieved 2025-01-01.
- ↑ "Belarus to Hold Next Presidential Election on Jan. 26". The Moscow Times. 23 October 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ↑ "Landtagswahlen 2025 - News". www.landtagswahlen.li (in German). Retrieved 2025-01-01.
- ↑ "Selena's killer receives life sentence". CNN. 26 October 1995. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
- ↑ "Osaka Is World Expo 2025 Host". Japan Forward. 2018-11-23. Archived from the original on March 17, 2019. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
- ↑ "John Cena says next year will be his last in WWE; announces farewell tour". ESPN.com. 2024-07-07. Retrieved 2025-01-01.
- ↑ "IIHF - Schedule and Results 2025". IIHF.com. January 1, 2025. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
- ↑ "IFES Election Guide | Elections: Albanian Parliament 2025 General". www.electionguide.org. Retrieved 2025-01-01.
- ↑ "COMELEC Guide: How to register for 2025 Philippine Elections". assistance.ph. March 5, 2024. Archived from the original on June 21, 2024. Retrieved 2024-11-17.
- ↑ "Basel 2025". Eurovision.tv. Archived from the original on September 26, 2024. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
- ↑ "Suriname President Santokhi names date for general election". caribbean.loopnews.com. 2024-10-15. Retrieved 2025-01-01.
{cite web}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "FIFA Club World Cup 2025: Everything you need to know". FIFA.com. December 16, 2024. Retrieved December 31, 2024.
- ↑ "The National Assembly adopted at first reading a bill for the introduction of the euro in the Republic of Bulgaria". Sofia, Bulgaria: National Assembly. July 26, 2024. Archived from the original on August 8, 2024. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
- ↑ "World Aquatics Championships - Singapore 2025". worldaquatics.com.
- ↑ "TWG 2025 Chengdu, CHN". theworldgames.org.
- ↑ "Valgdagen blir 8. september 2025" [The election will be on 8 September 2025]. Government of Norway (in Norwegian Bokmål). 3 May 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ↑ "Grand Duke Henri confirms date of retirement". Luxembourg Times. 2024-12-24. Retrieved 2024-12-29.
- ↑ "An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act". LegisINFO. May 3, 2007. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 26, 2024. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
- ↑ Matthews, Jane (2024-12-26). "We'll have a new President in the Áras next year — here are some names that might be running". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
- ↑ "FIFA Council takes key decisions on FIFA Member Associations and upcoming FIFA competitions". Inside FIFA. FIFA. 3 October 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2025.