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The 23rd century of the anno Domini (common) era will span the years 2201 – 2300 of the Gregorian calendar.

Contents 1 Astronomical predictions for the 23rd century 2 Easter 3 Religious Predictions 4 Science fiction set in the 23rd century 4.1 Literature 4.2 Television and film 4.2.1 Star Trek 4.2.2 Other television and film 4.3 Games 4.3.1 Computer games 4.3.2 Arcade and console games 4.3.3 Other games 4.3.4 The Mozart Half-Millennium 5 Decades and years 6 External links

• Based upon current orbital measurements which gives it a period of 286 Earth years, in 2288, the planetoid Quaoar will have completed one orbit of the Sun since its discovery in 2002.
  Similarly, the year 2252 will mark a full orbital cycle since the 2004 discovery of the planetoid Orcus, which as of 2004 had a calculated period of just under 248 Earth years.
• 2217: The Centralia Mine Fire in Centralia, Pennsylvania is predicted to have used up the mine's coal and stop burning.
• 2221: Triple conjunction between Mars and Saturn
• Friday, February 22, 2222: At 22:22:22, the date will read 2222-02-22 22:22:22.
• December 2, 2223: At 12:32 UTC Mars will occult Jupiter.
• 2238/2239: Triple conjunction between Jupiter and Saturn (last triple conjunction between Jupiter and Saturn was in 1981).
• August 12, 2243: At 04:52 UTC, Venus will occult Saturn.
• June 11, 2247: Transit of Venus.
• March 4, 2251: At 10:52 UTC, Venus will occult Uranus.
• August 1, 2253: Mercury occults Regulus (last occultation of Regulus by Mercury was on August 13, 364 BC).
• June 9, 2255: Transit of Venus.
• 2256 to 2258: Eris will reach perihelion for the first time since discovery.
• 2279: Triple conjunction between Jupiter and Saturn.
• October 6, 2271: Close conjunction between Venus and Regulus, perhaps occultation of Regulus by Venus.
• 2281, 2282: Grand Trine of Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.
  The last time this occurred was 1769, 1770.
• Sunday, August 28, 2287: The distance between Mars and Earth closes toward its minimum, the closest approach of the two planets since Wednesday, August 27, 2003.

Unless changes are made as to when Easter will occur, in 2285, the Western Easter will fall on March 22 for the first time since 1818.
March 22 is the earliest possible date on which Easter can occur.

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According to the Jewish account of Creation Adam was created in 3761 BC. It will have been 6,000 years since then in 2239 CE, thereby initiating a spiritual Sabbatical on a global scale lasting a thousand years (the 7th Millennium on the Hebrew Calendar).
See Eschatology: Judaism.^{[citation needed]}

• The Fortunate Fall, a novel by Raphael Carter.
• The Glass Bead Game, a novel by Hermann Hesse.
• Pennterra, a novel by Judith Moffett.
• Satellite Night trilogy, by Nick Pollotta.
• Sundiver, a novel by David Brin.
• Methuselah's Children, a novel by Robert A. Heinlein, begins in the 22nd century and terminates in the 23rd century.
• Friday, a novel by Robert A. Heinlein, probably happens in the 23rd century.
• Hip Flask, a series of graphic novels published by Image Comics.
• Alliance-Union universe, backdrop for a series of novels by C. J. Cherryh extending into the 24th century.
• Blue Mars of Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy. The books ends in the first years of the 23rd century.
• Children of The 23rd Century - The Secret of The lost Planet (Book I), a novel by Mel Hogan.

• Montgomery Scott, born 2222.
• Leonard McCoy, born 2227.
• Spock, born 2230.
• James Tiberius Kirk, born on March 22, 2233.
• Star Trek: The Original Series (pilots circa 2254 and 2265, series circa 2266–2269)
• Star Trek: The Animated Series (circa 2269–2270)
• Star Trek: The Motion Picture (circa 2271–2272, two-and-a-half years after the end of the series)
• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (circa 2285)
• Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (circa 2285)
• Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (circa 2286)
• Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (circa 2287)
• Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (circa 2293)

• Babylon 5, a TV-series set in the mid 23rd century.
• Bicentennial Man, in 2205, Andrew Martin dies only hours shy of reaching 200 years old.
• F-Zero: GP Legend, a videogame and TV-series is set in the year 2201.
• The Fifth Element (2214, the beginning is set in 1914, then shifts to "300 years later;" background props give the exact year).
• Forbidden Planet set in 2257
• Futurama, in the 2200s, Doctor Zoidberg's race, the Decapodians, first arrived on Earth, later causing the extinction of the anchovy.
• Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah, the Futurians come from the year 2204
• Infinite Ryvius takes place mainly in 2225 AD.
• Logan's Run (film)
• Quark (TV series) in 2222
• Red Dwarf (before the accident) in which Lister states that he is "an enlightened 23rd century man" (yet earlier episodes said 21st century), though for the most part, it is set 3 million years later.
• Skyland, a TV show on Nicktoons Network takes place in 2251.
• Zardoz, a movie set in a post-apocalyptic 2293 A.C.

• Wipeout Pulse takes place in the year 2207.
• StarQuest Online is set around 2216.
• In the StarCraft series, the United Powers League is said to be founded on Earth on November 22, 2229.
• Aliens versus Predator 2, a computer game, is set between November, 2230 and January 7, 2231.
• Fallout 2, set 80 years after the original Fallout, begins in 2241.
• Unreal II: The Awakening is set around 2251.
• Unreal (series) The New Earth Government legalizes no holds-barred fighting 2291.
• Independence War (aka I-War), a large-scale spacecraft game is set in 2268.
• Freelancer 's introduction takes place in the 23rd century.
• Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords, the sandbox version of the game starts in 2225 and the campaign for the most part in the late 2220s.
• Malice takes place in the 23rd century.
• Starship Troopers is placed in the 23rd Century, as said by Paul Verhoeven in the Director's commentary.
• The Longest Journey takes place in 2209 and its sequel Dreamfall — in 2219.
• Ogame is based around 2250.

• Raystorm, also known as Layer Section 2, takes place in the 23rd century, including a stage in August 5, 2219 among others.
• In Einhänder the Earth and Moon are at war, the events of the game transpiring sometime in 2245.
• Chrono Trigger, one of the time periods of this game is set in the year 2300, where the Earth is a post-apocalyptic, barren wasteland.
• Mega Man X: Command Mission takes place sometime after 2202, officially in 22XX.
• Timesplitters: Future Perfect levels The Machine Wars and Something to Crow About take place in 2243.
• Silver the Hedgehog and Blaze the Cat from the Sonic the Hedgehog series live approximately 200 years in the future. (Around about 2206)
• Wipeout Pulse takes place in 2207.
• In Star Trek: Tactical Assault, the Starfleet campaign is set in 2284.

• Risk 2210 A.D. is a variant of the board game Risk that takes place in the year 2210.

The Mozart Half-Millennium (Quincentennial, 500th Anniversary) will be celebrated on January 27, 2256, and throughout the year, in Salzburg and in the whole world.

• 23rd century article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki