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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.

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*[[2000]]
**Massive [[overpopulation]] (''Make Room, Make Room'' by [[Harry Harrison]])
** [[September 13]] - Second Impact occurs at the [[South Pole]], melting the world's ice, tilting the planet off its axis and killing off half of the world's population. (''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'')

==21st century==

*[[2001]]

** A timequake occurs, sending the citizens of the world back to [[1991]], where they must relive their lives in automatic pilot for ten years - ''[[Timequake]]''
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** An extra-terrestrial obelisk found on the moon, prompting an investigation flight to Jupiter, which is sabotaged by [[HAL 9000]] (''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' by [[Arthur C. Clarke]] and [[Stanley Kubrick]])
** January - The inauguration of the Earth United Nations Government. (''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross]]'')
** February - Work begins on converting the fallen alien spaceship into a battleship of the Earth United Nations Forces.  (''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross]]'')
** [[June 6]] - [[Shinji Ikari]] is born.  (''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'')
** [[December 4]] - [[Asuka Langley Soryu]] is born.  (''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'')
** Death of [[Kilgore Trout]] (per [[Kurt Vonnegut]]'s ''[[Timequake]]'')
* [[2003]]
** [[April 7]] - [[Astro Boy]] created
*[[2006]]
** [[Pandemic]] kills 99.9% of all women - [[Battle Tanx Global Assault]]
** Beginning of [[The Bicentennial Man]] movie (the short story was set in [[1976]]).
*[[2009]]
** [[February 7]] - Work is completed on the [[Super Dimension Fortress Macross]].  The same day, the [[Zentraedi]] army arrives in the Solar System and war breaks out when the Macross' guns automatically fire on the Zentraedi.  This is the beginning of Space War I.
*[[2010]]
** Febraury - Main Zentraedi fleet of 5 million ships annihilates the surface of the earth.  (''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross]]'')
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*[[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]]