The 28th century of the anno Domini (common) era will span the years 2701–2800 of the Gregorian calendar.

Astronomical events

• July 21, 2726^[1]: Total Solar Eclipse with a pathway very similar to the last one of the last millennium, taken on August 11, 1999.
• June 15, 2733: Transit of Venus.
• June 13, 2741: Transit of Venus.
• 2742: Triple conjunction Mars-Jupiter.
• 2744: Triple conjunction Mars-Jupiter.
• 2761: Triple conjunction Mars-Saturn.
• December 3, 2781: At 06:45 UTC Venus will occult Neptune.
• 2791: Triple conjunction Mars-Jupiter.
• 2794/2795: Triple conjunction Jupiter-Saturn.

Science fiction set in the 28th century

• The computer game Terminal Velocity is set in 2704.
• The French science fiction comic book series Valérian and Laureline : Spatio-Temporal Agents begin with the World at the 28th century :
  In the first title "La cité des eaux mouvantes" (The City of the Moving Waters) which is presented the World after the cataclysm of 1986, it is made some indications about the 28th century in which Galaxity the Government of the United Earth, is placed.
  In the following title "L'empire des mille planètes" (Empire of a Thousand Planets) the precise date of September 23rd, 2720 is mentioned.
• The WB show Loonatics is set in 2772.
• The Star League government in the Battletech timeline collapses in 2784.
• The computer game Marathon is set in 2794.
• The MMORPG Neocron is set in a post-apocalyptic 28th century.
• On the May 21, 2008 episode of the DirecTV soap opera Passions, Tabitha Lenox tells Kay Bennett that an asteroid will hit the Earth in the year 2742.
• The apocalyptic "Seven Days of Fire" in Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind apparently takes place during this century, based on its description as occurring 1000 years after the Industrial Revolution.

References

1. ^ Solar eclipse of July 21, 2726

Decades and years