5th millennium

5th millennium

The fifth millennium is a period of time that will begin on 1 January, 4001, and will end on 31 December 5000.

Astronomical events

* 4285 August 6: Venus occults Regulus
* 4296 November 22: Venus occults Antares
* 4557 November 10: Venus occults Regulus
* 4747 August 14: Venus occults Regulus
* 4772 October 13: The Maya Calendar Ends
* In the 44th century, around the year 4380, Comet Hale-Bopp is expected to return to the inner solar system. It last dominated the skies of Earth in 19961997.
* In the 49th century, The Great Comet of 1811 is expected to return to the inner solar system. According to calculations made at the time, the comet should return around the year 4876.

Astrological events

Sometime during the first eight centuries of the 5th millennium (calculations vary among different astrologers), the 2,158 year long Age of Aquarius will end and the Age of Capricorn will begin.

Fictional events

*In the Zager and Evans song, "In the Year 2525" — "In the year 4545. Ain't gonna need your teeth, won't need your eyes. You won't find a thing to chew. Nobody's gonna look at you."

*The Blasterman universe mainly takes place in the early 4060's.

*A majority of the events of David Weber's Honor Harrington novels and short stories take place during the early years of the fifth millennium.

*In 4846 (or, more accurately, the 12th day of Kalends, CY 9772), the "Andromeda Ascendant" will be commissioned by the Systems Commonwealth High Guard (for the television series "Andromeda").

*The Playstation game series "Colony Wars" is set during the 5th millennium.

*In the film "A. I.", a sequence said to take place in 4001 features the extinction of mankind after the ocean freezes over, but other intelligent life, the descendants of mankind's early intelligent robots, return to earth and excavate to discover their origins.

*4444: Events of "Neo Contra".
*4665: Events of "The Caves of Steel".
*4667: Events of "The Naked Sun".
*4670: Events of "The Robots of Dawn".
*4870: Events of "Robots and Empire".

*The events of David Macaulay's "Motel of the Mysteries" take place in 4022.

*A scene in SB-129 from the animated television series, "SpongeBob SquarePants" takes place on March 6, 4017.
*49th century: Susan from the television programme "Doctor Who" is born.
*The events of the Doctor Who episode 42 will take place in the 42nd century.
*The events of the Doctor Who episode Planet of the Ood take place in the 42nd century, in the year 4126. The Ood are slaves to humans at this point in time.

*The novel series "Fifth Millennium" by Stirling, Wehrstein and Meier is set in this time, chronicling the lives and travels of several connected characters in a 'low magic' fantasy world that emerged after a nuclear war destroyed almost all former civilization on earth.

*The Marvel Comics Super-villain Kang the Conqueror rules the Earth in the 41st century according to the comics.

*In several stories written by H. P. Lovecraft, the beginning of "the cruel Tsan-Chan Empire" will take place in the year 5000.

*Iain M Banks' novel The Algebraist is set in 4034.

References

* [http://www.marco-peuschel.de/planetenundregulus.htm Conjunctions of Regulus and the planets] (in German)


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