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| Millennium: | 3rd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 20th century - 21st century - 22nd century |
| Decades: | 1980s 1990s 2000s - 2010s - 2020s 2030s 2040s |
| Years: | 2011 2012 2013 - 2014 - 2015 2016 2017 |
| Gregorian calendar | 2014 MMXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2767 |
| Armenian calendar | 1463 ԹՎ ՌՆԿԳ |
| Bahá'í calendar | 170 – 171 |
| Berber calendar | 2964 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2558 |
| Burmese calendar | 1376 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7522 – 7523 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸巳年十二月初一日 (4650/4710-12-1) — to —
甲午年十一月初十日(4651/4711-11-10) |
| Coptic calendar | 1730 – 1731 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 2006 – 2007 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5774 – 5775 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2069 – 2070 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1936 – 1937 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5115 – 5116 |
| Holocene calendar | 12014 |
| Iranian calendar | 1392 – 1393 |
| Islamic calendar | 1435 – 1436 |
| Japanese calendar | Heisei 26 (平成26年) |
| Korean calendar | 4347 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2557 |
| Unix time | 1388534400 – 1420070399 |
2014 (MMXIV) will be a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.
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Predicted and scheduled events
January
February
- February 7–23 - 2014 Winter Olympics will be held in Sochi, Russia.
March
- March - NASA will launch the Ares I launch vehicle and the Orion 2 spacecraft on its first manned mission to the International Space Station.
April
July
- July 23 - 2014 Commonwealth Games will be held in Glasgow, Scotland.
August
- August 24 - The NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will cross the orbit of Neptune after 8½ years journey on to Pluto. It will be faster than Voyager 2, which took 12 years.
September
- September 21 - Swedish general election: Sweden holds elections for the Riksdag.
October
- October 23 - Partial solar eclipse.
November
- November - Presidential elections in Romania.
- November 4 - Elections for the United States Congress and several state governorships.
Unknown dates
- The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be held in Brazil.
- Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers will be delivered to the Royal Navy.
- The United States Open Championship golf tournament will be held in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
- The Ryder Cup golf tournament will be held in Gleneagles, Scotland.
- The Masdar City is scheduled to be completed. It will be the world's first fully sustainable, zero-carbon, and zero-waste city.
Major religious holidays
- February 1 - Imbolc, a Cross-quarter day (Celebrated on February 2 in some places)
- March 4 - Shrove Tuesday
- March 5 - Ash Wednesday
- March 17 - St Patrick's Day
- March 20 - Spring Equinox, also known as Ostara
- April 20 - Easter Sunday
- May 1 - Beltane, a Cross-quarter day
- June 21 - Summer solstice, also known as Midsummer or Litha
- August 1 - Lammas, a Cross-quarter day
- September 23 - Fall Equinox, also known as Mabon
- October 4 - Eid al-Adha
- November 1 - Samhain, a Cross-quarter day and Neopagan new year
- December 21 - Winter solstice, also known as Yule
- December 25 - Christmas
2014 in fiction
Computer and video games
- Shattered Union: The Second American Civil War begins in this year.
- North American Conflict: The "Can-Am War" starts on June 12, with a U.S. invasion of Canada.
- Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
- Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
- Mega Man VI and Mega Man VII are set in this year, and Mega Man: The Power Battle are set in the end of 2014.
- EPIC 2014 concludes in this year with Google Inc. having obliterated the Fourth Estate.
Anime and Manga
- Neon genesis evangelion takes place on this year.