2090s

The Decade as a Whole

This decade is expected to be called "the twenty-nineties".

Independence/reunuification celebrations

• Switzerland, is expected to celebrate its 800th anniversary in 2091, since the creation of the constitution in 1291. This will be celebrated on August 1st.

• Germany is expected to celebrate its reunification centenary in 2090. This will be celebrated on the 3rd of October.

Events and Trends

2090

October 9th-150th anniversery of John Lennon's Birth

2091

• The 100th Anniversary of the dissolution of the Soviet Union will take place on December 31

2094

• April 5, 2094 - 100th anniversary of Kurt Cobain's Death

2096

• 200th anniversary of the Olympic Games.

2096 also has the earliest occurring equinox and solstice dates in the Gregorian calendar in 400 years.

2098

• The Good Friday Agreement that ended The Troubles in Northern Ireland will be 100 years in existence.
• Canada's 2006 Census reports will be open to the public.

Fictional Events

2095

• Electric Light Orchestra's 1981 concept album Time partially takes place in 2095.
• Time Warp Trio book "2095" takes place in 2095.
• 2pac's music video for California Love is based in 2095.

2097

• Events in the PC fighting game, "One Must Fall: 2097" take place.
• Events of the futuristic racing game WipEout 2097 take place.

2099

• 2099 (MMXCIX) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar.
• The BBC Radio 4 Sci-Fi Comedy Nebulous takes place in 2099.
• The Marvel 2099 comic book universe is set in 2099.
• It is rumored that descendants of the MS-DOS operating system, among which includes various versions of Microsoft Windows, will not be able to handle dates beyond 2099, but they said this about 1999 and it never came to pass.
• The BBC Radio 4 science fiction comedy Nebulous takes place in 2099.
• The Marvel 2099 comic book universe is set in 2099. According to Marvel, people in 2099 will be debating whether the year 2100 is the last of the 21st century (which is commonly thought to be the correct view) or the first of the 22nd century (which will really be 2101 - unless one accepts the idea that the first year of the first century is really the year 1 BC, which would be year 0).
• Will mark the end of the century in the Gregorian Calender on the 31st of December.