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2025 (MMXXV) is a common year starting on Wednesday in the Gregorian calendar, and is the current year. It is the 2025th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 25th year of the 3rd millennium, the 25th year of the 21st century, and the 6th year of the 2020s decade.
Events
[change | change source]January
[change | change source]- January 1
- Poland takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union after Hungary.[1][2]
- Bulgaria and Romania join the Schengen Area, lifting land border controls.[3]
- Liechtenstein becomes the 39th country to legalize same-sex marriage.[4]
- Ukraine halts the transportation of Russian gas supplies through the country, following the expiration of a five-year transit deal,[5] while also becoming a state party in the International Criminal Court the same day.[6]
- In the United States, fifteen people are killed, including the perpetrator, and over 35 others are injured during a vehicle-ramming and shooting attack in New Orleans, Louisiana.[7]
- Thirteen people are killed and four more injured in multiple shootings in Cetinje, Montenegro.[8]
- January 4 – Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer announces his resignation.[9]
- January 5 – Former Prime Minister of Greece Costas Simitis dies in Corinth, Greece at the age of 88.[10]
- January 6
- Indonesia is officially made a full member state of BRICS.[11]
- Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau announces his resignation as Leader of the Liberal Party.[12]
- January 7
- A 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes Tibet Autonomous Region of Southwest China. Killing at least 95 people, whilst another 130 are injured.[13][14]
- A series of wildfires erupt in Southern California, forcing more than 30,000 people to evacuate and kills five people.[15]
- January 8 – An attack on the presidential palace by Boko Haram in N'Djamena, Chad kills 20 people.[16]
- January 9 – General Joseph Aoun is elected President of Lebanon by the country's parliament, following a two-year vacancy of the presidency.[17]
- January 10
- Incumbent Venezulan President Nicolás Maduro is sworn in for a third term amid an ongoing crisis after the disputed elections in the country.[18]
- The European Copernicus Climate Change Service reports that 2024 was the world's hottest year on record, and the first calendar year to pass the symbolic threshold of 1.5°C of global warming.[19]
- January 12 – President of Croatia Zoran Milanović is re-elected to a second term.[20]
- January 13 – President of the International Court of Justice Nawaf Salam is nominated by the Parliament of Lebanon to become prime minister.[21]
- January 14 – The 2025 World Men's Handball Championship begins in Croatia, Denmark and Norway.[22][23]
- January 15
- President of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol is arrested for his role in the 2024 martial law crisis.[24]
- Israel and Hamas agree to a three-phase ceasefire proposal to end their 15 months of conflict.[25]
- American filmmaker and actor David Lynch dies at the age of 78.[26]
- January 16
- A series of attacks by the National Liberation Army in Colombia leaves more than 80 people dead.[27]
- Rosen Zhelyazkov is confirmed as the Prime Minister of Bulgaria by the National Assembly.[28]
- Blue Origin successfully launches its heavy-lift launch vehicle, New Glenn, on its first attempt.[29][30]
- January 17 – Minister of State of Monaco Didier Guillaume dies in Nice, France at the age of 65 and Isabelle Berro-Amadeï is appointed as the acting Minister of State.[31]
- January 18
- Two Sharia judges are assassinated and two other people are injured in a mass shooting at the Supreme Court of Iran in capital Tehran.[32]
- Ninety-eight people are killed in a fuel tanker explosion near Suleja, Nigeria.[33][34]
- January 19
- A ban on TikTok in the United States goes into effect,[35] however it was quickly reversed within twenty-four hours.[36]
- A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas goes into effect.[37]
- January 20 – Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, becoming the second president in American history to serve non-consecutive terms.[38]
- January 21
- Seventy-eight people are killed after a fire breaks out in a hotel ski resort in Bolu Province, Turkey.[39]
- Former President of El Salvador Mauricio Funes, who was convicted of tax evasion and corruption, dies while in exile in Nicaragua at the age of 65.[40]
- January 22
- The first recorded blizzard in the Gulf Coast of the United States results in at least thirteen deaths and more than $14 billion in damage.[41][42]
- Thailand becomes the 40th country to legalize same-sex marriage.[43]
- January 23 – For the second time, Micheál Martin is elected Taoiseach of Ireland.[44]
- January 24 – Storm Éowyn hits Ireland and the United Kingdom. Record high wind speeds of 183 km/h (114 mph) are recorded in Ireland, while over a million homes are left without power.[45][46][47]
- January 25
- Several artifacts are stolen from the Drents Museum in Assen, Netherlands, including the Helmet of Coțofenești.[48]
- The March 23 Movement captures Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[49]
- January 26 – Alexander Lukashenko is re-elected as President of Belarus, after banning opposition candidates.[50]
- January 28 – Miloš Vučević resigns as Prime Minister of Serbia after an anti-corruption protests over the Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse.[51]
- January 29
- Ahmed al-Sharaa is appointed as the 20th President of Syria of the transitional government, nearly two months after the Fall of the Assad regime.[52]
- American Eagle Flight 5342 crashes with a helicopter over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., United States, killing 67 people.[53]
- January 31 – A Learjet 55 crashes into multiple buildings and houses in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, killing at least seven people and injuring over nineteen others.[54]
February
[change | change source]- February 1 – Horst Köhler, former President of Germany and director of the International Monetary Fund, dies at the age of 81.[55]
Predicted & Scheduled events
[change | change source]- February 9
- The 2025 Ecuadorian general election is scheduled to be held.[source?]
- The 2025 Liechtenstein general election is scheduled to be held.[56]
- February 19 – March 9 – The 2025 ICC Champions Trophy will be held in Pakistan and Dubai.
- February 23 – The 2025 German federal election is scheduled to be held. It was pushed forward as a result of the 2024 German government crisis.
- March 31 – Yolanda Saldivar will be eligible for parole. This event will occur during the 30th anniversary of American singer Selena's death. Saldivar killed the twenty-three year-old singer at her Days Inn motel room in 1995.[57]
- April 13–October 13 – Expo 2025 will be held in Osaka, Japan.[58]
- April 19-20 - WWE WrestleMania 41 will take place over two nights at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. The event marks John Cena's final WrestleMania, as he plans to retire from wrestling in 2025.[59]
- May 9 – May 25 – The 2025 IIHF World Championship is scheduled to take place in Stockholm, Sweden and Herning, Denmark. [60]
- May 11 – The 2025 Albanian parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.[61]
- May 12 – The 2025 Philippine general election is scheduled to be held.[62]
- May 13–17 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 is scheduled to be held in Base, Switzerland.[63]
- May 17 – 2025 Australian federal election: Latest possible date for a simultaneous House and half-Senate election. If the elections are held separately, the House election could be as late as September 27; however, it is unlikely that there would be separate elections for the House and half-Senate.[source?]
- May 18 – The 2025 Polish presidential election is scheduled to be held; incumbent president Andrzej Duda is ineligible for re-election.[source?]
- May 25 – The 2025 Surinamese general election is scheduled to be held.[64]
- June 15 – July 13 – The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup will take place in the United States. [65]
- June 25–28 – The Glastonbury Festival, near Pilton, Somerset in the United Kingdom.
- July 1 – Bulgaria is expected to adopt the euro and become the 21st member state of the eurozone.[66]
- July 11 – August 3 – The 2025 World Aquatics Championships will take place in Singapore.[67]
- August 7–17 – The 2025 World Games will take place in Chengdu, China.[68]
- August 17 – The 2025 Bolivian general election is scheduled to be held.[source?]
- September 8 – The 2025 Norwegian parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.[69]
- September 12–28 – The 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship will take place in Pasay and Quezon City in the Philippines.
- September 13–21 – The 2025 World Athletics Championships will take place in Tokyo, Japan.[source?]
- October 3 – Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg will abdicate the throne in favor of his son Guillaume, who will reign as Guillaume V.[70]
- October 20 – If not triggered earlier, the 2025 Canadian federal election will be held no later than this date.[71]
- October 26 – The 2025 Argentine legislative election is scheduled to be held.[source?]
- October 27 – The 2025 Irish presidential election will be held no later than this date. Incumbent president Michael D. Higgins is ineligible for re-election.[72]
- November 21 – December 7 – The 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup will take place in the Philippines.[73]
- November 23
- November 27 – December 14 – The 2025 World Women's Handball Championship will take place in Germany and the Netherlands.[source?]
Unknown dates
[change | change source]- The Giant Magellan Telescope is expected to be completed.
- Voyager 2 might stop transmitting.
Deaths
[change | change source]Related pages
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