2049

2049 (MMXLIX) will be a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar.

Predicted and scheduled events

* May 7 - Transit of Mercury
* December 20 - The present "One country, two systems" with Macau, guaranteed for 50 years starting from December 20, 1999 provided under the Basic Law, will expire.

Fictional events

* The races in San Francisco Rush 2049, the last arcade game from Atari Games, take place during this year. In-game advertisements about the races call it the "53rd Annual San Francisco Rush Tournament" (which set the races in the original San Francisco Rush in the year 1996 — the year that the original game was released), and it is sponsored by "J. Ray and Associates" (a reference to the game's producer, John Ray).
* In the 1932 novel "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley, 2049 sees the outbreak of The Nine Years' War, a conflict which devastates the entire planet and convinces world leaders to unite as a peaceful, but controversial, world society.
* The technology that allows a person to control a Custom Robo is developed by Ergo Corp., according to the Custom Robo series of video games.
* The events of the series IGPX take place.
* The Disney Channel movie takes place in 2049, 50 years after the movie debuted on television in 1999.
* The video game Vectorman takes place in 2049
* The video game Miner 2049er takes place in 2049
* The video game M.A.C.H. takes place in 2049
* The video game When it's Over takes place in early 2049