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[[Science fiction]] and other related fields of [[fiction]] are often set in the future, or at least involve events in times that have not yet occurred. This list is a chronological collection of significant events from various works of such fiction. It includes some events that were set in the future when the fiction containing them was first written but which have now been overtaken by real [[history]], becoming a form of [[alternate history]] or [[failed prediction]] in the process.

It is rarely true that science fiction writers are seriously attempting prediction - the needs of the story are usually the primary concern, and science fiction stories are often more about the present in which they are written than the future in which they are supposedly set.

Nevertheless, below are some notable fictional visions of the-future-that-never-was-and-probably-won't-be. See also: [[Timeline of Star Trek]]⏎
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==20th century==

*[[1976]]
**Events of [[The Bicentennial Man]] short story.
*[[1984]]
**[[April]] - Winston Smith, a secretly rebellious file clerk in the Ministry of Truth, is arrested and tortured by [[Big Brother]] (''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'' by [[George Orwell]])
*[[1992]]
(contracted; show full)**The events of the film [[Metropolis_(1927_movie)|Metropolis]]
*[[2038]]
** Launch of the 7th Macross Battleship that will travel to the center of the Milky Way. (''[[Macross 7]]'')
*[[2045]]
** The band Fire Bomber performs their first live concert with [[Mylene Jenius]]. (''[[Macross 7]]'')
*[[2050s]]
** The decade in which the future crime drama [[Minority Report]] takes place.

*[[2050]]
**The year a game ends (when your time runs out) in [[Civilization III]].
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*[[2052]]
** The story of the game [[Deus Ex]].
*[[2053]]
** In [[Star Trek]], [[Earth]] is devastated by [[World War III]].
*[[2061]]
**Events of [[2061: Odyssey Three]].
*[[2062]]
**The cartoon series ''[[The Jetsons]]'', was originally set in 2062. This is because the series first aired in [[1962]], and the show was a prediction of what life would be like a hundred years in the future. ''Jetsons: The Movie''([[1990]]) states that ''The Jetsons'' is set "Late in the [[21st century]]." Note that no precise date has ever been stated in any episode.
*[[2061]]
** [[Arthur C. Clarke]]'s book [[2061: Odyssey Three]] is set in this year.
*[[2063]]
** In [[Star Trek]], [[Zefram Cochrane]] makes the first human warp flight with the ''[[Phoenix (Star Trek)|Phoenix]]''.  This attracts the [[Vulcan (Star Trek)|Vulcans]] and they make [[first contact]] with humans.
*[[2069]]
** In [[Star Trek]], the [[Klingon]] [[High Council]] is formed, eliminating the  position of Emperor until [[2369]].
*[[2077]]
** [[World War III]] starts on [[October 10]], and ends on [[October 23]], with a [[nuclear war]] in the [[Fallout (computer game)|Fallout]] computer game.
*[[2080s]]
**[[The Adventures of Pluto Nash]]
*[[2081]]
** [[Kurt Vonnegut]]'s short story ''[[Harrison Bergeron]]'' takes place.⏎
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==Far Future==
*2145
**Events of [[Doom 3]]
*2199
**Events of [[The Matrix]]
*2350
**[[Duck Dodgers|Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century]]
*2376
** Duncan Makenzie lefts [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] for Earth in [[Arthur C. Clarke]]'s ''[[Imperial Earth]]''
*2419
**[[Buck Rogers]] awakens from his coma.
*2517
**''[[Firefly (television series)|Firefly]]'', [[television program]].
*2525
**[[Cleopatra 2525]] TV series
**[[Armada 2525]] [[computer game]], by publisher [[Interstel]]
*2552
**[[Halo: Combat Evolved]] computer game, by [[Bungie Studios]]
*2999
**[[December 31]] - [[Philip J. Fry]] awakens from cryogenic freezing. [[Futurama]]
*[[3001]]
**Events of [[3001: The Final Odyssy]]. Frank Poole rivived.
*10191
**[[House Atreides]] take over stewardship of the planet [[Arrakis]]. (''[[Dune (novel)|Dune]]'')
*802701
**The Time Traveller arrives and encounters the Eloi and the Morlocks. [[H.G. Wells]]: "[[The Time Machine]]"
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**The Human race leaves the Milky Way galaxy: [[Babylon 5]]