22nd century

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The twenty-second century comprises, for some, the years 2101 to 2200. This is almost the same as the twenty-one hundreds, which is the time between 2100 and 2199. (Some people argue that, because there was no year 0, this is not the same as the 22nd century, although some people, correctly or incorrectly, treat it as so).

Astronomical predictions for the 22nd century

The Earth will experience 239 lunar eclipses.
A total solar eclipse exceeding 7 minutes of totality will occur on June 25, 2150. This will be the first time this has happened in 177 years. But eclipse fans will not have to wait nearly so long for it to happen again - on July 5, 2168 an eclipse with 7min 26sec of totality will occur, and on July 16, 2186 an eclipse of 7min 29sec - close to the theoretical maximum - will occur. This is predicted to be the longest eclipse during the 8,000 year period from 3000 BC to AD 5000 (eclipse predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC.DEPP).
December 11th, 2117: Transit of Venus
2123: Triple conjunction Mars-Jupiter
September 14th, 2123: At 15:28 UTC Venus will occult Jupiter
December 8th, 2125:Transit of Venus
July 29th, 2126: At 16:08 UTC Mercury will occult Mars
December 3rd, 2133: At 14:14 UTC Mercury will occult Venus
Comet Halley will return to the inner solar system in 2134.
2148: Triple conjunction Mars-Saturn
2170: Triple conjunction Mars-Jupiter
Given that Pluto's orbit is approximately 248 Earth years, the year 2178 will mark the 1st Plutonian anniversary since the planet's discovery.
2185: Triple conjunction Mars-Saturn
2187: Triple conjunction Mars-Saturn
September 2nd, 2197: Venus occults Spica (last occulttion of Spica by Venus November 10th, 1783)

Science fiction set in the 22nd century

Literature (novels, short stories, comic books)

Distress by Greg Egan
Heads and Moving Mars, books by Greg Bear
Kaleidoscope Century by John Barnes (frame story)
Noon Universe created by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky
Rendezvous with Rama, a book by Arthur C. Clarke
When Gravity Fails, a book by George Alec Effinger
Strontium Dog, a 2000 AD story.
Crisis in 2140 (serialized as Null-ABC) by H. Beam Piper and John J. McGuire

Television and film

Bicentennial Man, about half the events of this movie take place here
Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD, a Doctor Who film
Mobile Suit Gundam, a Japanese anime television series (It is known that the UC timeline begins in 2081. This would place the One Year War (UC 0079) occurring in 2159.)
Gundam X, an alternate universe "what-if" of Mobile Suit Gundam where the Earth Federation lost the One Year War (called the Seventh Space War in GX), takes place in 2174, assuming the Seventh Space War took place at the same time as the One Year War.
Gundam Seed, an alternate-universe version of Mobile Suit Gundam (the Cosmic Era calendar begins about 10 years after the predicted oil crash of the mid-21st century, placing the beginning of the CE calendar sometime between 2040 and 2090, the series would therefore take place sometime between 2111 and 2161).
Phil of the Future, a Disney Channel series. (Diffys are from this era (2121) before they crash in 2004; theme song refers to Phil as a "22nd Century man".)
Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century, an animated television series with Sherlock Holmes in a science fiction setting
According to Star Trek, the Earth-Romulan War will be fought between 2156 and 2160, which results in the establishment of the United Federation of Planets and Starfleet in 2161. Star Trek also predicts human colonization of Mars by 2103.
Star Trek: Enterprise (2151-2155). The first starship capable of reaching Warp 5 is launched from Earth, leading to unprecedented exploration of space, including first contacts with the Klingons, Andorians, and Romulans. According to this series, an area of Earth stretching from Florida to Venezuela will be devastated by an alien attack in 2153, resulting in the death of 7 million people.
The Matrix, a science fiction cult movie, in which the protagonist Neo discovers that all what he believed was a reality is in fact computer simulation. The movie has deep philosophical and religious connotations. Morpheus, another character of the movie, sets the happening in the years about 2199.

Computer games

Zero Wing (of All Your Base fame) starts in 2101.
Mach Rider a Nintendo Entertainment System game that is set in 2112.
System Shock 2 is set in 2114.
Alien Legacy, the launch of the Seedship UNS Calypso takes place in 2119; the launch of Tantalus takes place in 2135.
Earth 2150, The Earth is destroyed at the end of this year in said series.
The Ur-Quan Masters starts on February 172155.
Fallout begins in 2161.
Traffic Department 2192 takes place in 2192.
Doom, the events of the computer games take place.
Megaman X Series, takes place during 21XX.

Other

2112, an album by Rush about a man living in a dystopic society.

Decades and years

2090s	2090	2091	2092	2093	2094	2095	2096	2097	2098	2099
2100s	2100	2101	2102	2103	2104	2105	2106	2107	2108	2109
2110s	2110	2111	2112	2113	2114	2115	2116	2117	2118	2119
2120s	2120	2121	2122	2123	2124	2125	2126	2127	2128	2129
2130s	2130	2131	2132	2133	2134	2135	2136	2137	2138	2139
2140s	2140	2141	2142	2143	2144	2145	2146	2147	2148	2149
2150s	2150	2151	2152	2153	2154	2155	2156	2157	2158	2159
2160s	2160	2161	2162	2163	2164	2165	2166	2167	2168	2169
2170s	2170	2171	2172	2173	2174	2175	2176	2177	2178	2179
2180s	2180	2181	2182	2183	2184	2185	2186	2187	2188	2189
2190s	2190	2191	2192	2193	2194	2195	2196	2197	2198	2199
2200s	2200	2201	2202	2203	2204	2205	2206	2207	2208	2209

External links

22nd century article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki