2024 will be a landmark year: dozens of elections around the world, unresolved conflicts in Ukraine and Israel-Gaza to address, and further milestones expected in everything from global temperatures to space exploration and artificial intelligence.
Here are some of the big events scheduled for the year.
January
1 January
Energy price cap comes into effect
UK participation in EU Horizon resume
Brics expansion: Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and possibly Argentina to join
January 7
Bangladesh general elections
Golden Globes ceremony. Check out the full list of nominations here
January 12
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration releases global temperature report for 2023
13 January
Taiwanese presidential election
January 13-February 11
Africa Cup of Nations
January 14-28
Australian Open
January 15-19
Davos World Economic Forum
January 19
Japanese Lunar Sniper attempts to land
23 January
Oscar nominations
US Republican primaries, New Hampshire
27 January
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
The world’s largest cruise ship, the Icon of the Seas, makes a maiden voyage
January 28
Finnish presidential elections
Twenty years since Hutton Inquiry Report published
February
February 2-March 16
Six Nations Rugby Tournament
February 4th
February 6-8
US Republican primaries, Nevada
7 February
Azerbaijani presidential election
February 8
Pakistani general election
February 9-17
Rio carnival
10 February
Lunar new year
11 February
american football Super Bowl
February 11-15
Swift posium academic conference on Taylor Swift
14 February
Indonesian general election
February 16
Trial begins of German man accused of Madeleine McCann’s kidnapping
17 February
EU law on digital services enters into force
18 February
February 23
Second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
February 24th
US Republican primaries, South Carolina
February 25
Elections in Belarus, Iraqi Kurdistan and Senegal
February
NATO expected to launch Steadfast Defender, the largest military exercise since the Cold War
March
1 March
Iranian legislative elections
March 1-3
World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow
March 2
March 5
American Super Tuesday presidential primary election day
March 7
March 7-10
Crufts, largest dog show in the world
March 8
Irish referendums on gender and family
8-2March 3
African Games in Ghana
10 March
Portuguese elections
The Oscars
March 10-April 9
Ramadan
11 March
Fourth anniversary of WHO declaring Covid pandemic
March 17
Russian presidential election
March 23
WWF Earth Hour
March 30
Oxford and Cambridge boat race
March 31
Ukrainian presidential election expected
Elections expected in Slovakia and Togo
April
April 4th
NATO 75th anniversary
April 5
Thirty years since the death of Kurt Cobain
April 8
Total solar eclipse over North America
April 10
South Korean elections
April 20-November 24
April 21
London marathon
April 22
April/May
Indian elections. Also Maldives, North Macedonia and Solomon Islands
May
May 2
London mayoral election
British local elections
3 May
May 5
Panamanian elections
May 10
Bicentenary of the National Gallery in London
May 11
Eurovision in Malmö, Sweden
The Great Wall Marathon, China
May 12
Lithuanian presidential elections (general election in October)
Bafta TV Awards
13-19 May
US PGA Golf Championship
May 14–25
May 19
Dominican Republic elections
20 May – 9 June
French Open
May 21-25
RHS Chelsea Flower Show
May 22
Uefa Europa League final
May 23-June 2
Hay festival
Ivor Novello Awards
May 25
FA Cup final
final of the European Rugby Championships
May 26– June 9
French Open
Elections expected in Madagascar and South Africa
China was scheduled to launch Chang’e 6, a prototype return mission involving a robotic lander, to the far side of the moon
June
1 June
Uefa Champions League final
Icelandic presidential elections
June 2
Mexican elections
“Devil Comet” closest to Earth
June 4-30
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup
June 5th
World Running Day
June 6
Eightieth anniversary of the D-Day landings
June 6-9
EU parliamentary elections
June 9
Belgian federal elections
June 10-16
US Open golf tournament
June 13-15
Italy is hosting the 50th G7 summit
June 13
June 14th– July 14th
UEFA Euros
June 14-19
Hajj
June 16-21
June 18-24
Royal Ascot
June 20
World Refugee Day
June 26-30
Glastonbury Festival start
June 27-28
European Council summit
June 29-21 July
Tour de France start
Elections are expected in Kiribati, Mauritania and Mongolia
July
1 July
Hungary EU Presidency
July 1-14
Wimbledon tennis championships begin
9-11 July
USA hosts the NATO summit
July 14th
Euro final
Copa America final
15– July 18
American Republican National Convention
July 15-19
International Botanical Congress in Madrid will vote on a proposal to change culturally offensive animal names
18-21 July
The Open Golf Championship
July 19-14 September
BBC Proms
July 26-11 August
Summer 2024
South African elections. Also Croatia and North Macedonia
August
2-26 August
Edinburg festival edge
August 12-18
17 August
The new city of Nusantara is formally inaugurated as the capital of Indonesia, replacing Jakarta
19-22 August
US Democratic National Convention
August 26– September 8
US Open Tennis Championships
August 28– September 8
Elections are expected in Rwanda
September
September 1-8
Tour of Britain bike race
September 8
Great North Run
September 9
Last night of the Proms
September 14-19 January 2025
Major Van Gogh exhibition at the National Gallery in London
September 18
First US Presidential Debate
September 22-23
UN Summit of the Future opens in New York
September 25
US Vice Presidential Debate
Probably:
Mercury price
Women’s T20 World Cup
Elections are expected in Austria, Sri Lanka and Tunisia
Japan’s space agency, Jaxa, will launch its MMX (Martian Moons eXploration) mission to explore Phobos and Deimos, the small moons of Mars
October
October 1st
Second US Presidential Debate
October 5
Last ever Singapore Gold Cup horse race
October 6
EU begins rolling out its Entry-Exit System (EES), requiring non-EU citizens to scan their passports when entering the Schengen Free Travel Area
October 9
Final US Presidential Debate
October 11
Nobel Peace Prize announced
October 23-27
Worldwide Music Expo (Womex), the music industry’s biggest conference, begins in Manchester
October 24
Russia is hosting the Brics summit in Kazan
October 26
Georgian elections
October 27
Uruguayan elections
Elections are expected in Bosnia and Botswana
Nasa is to launch Europa Clipper, a probe to study the habitability of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa
The final race of the America’s Cup takes place in Barcelona
October
Vatican to hold synod looking at the direction of the Roman Catholic faith
November
November 5
American election
November 11-22
Cop29 climate summit
November 13
Somaliland elections
18 November
Brazil hosts G20 summit
November 21-24
Elections expected in Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritius, Namibia
November
US is expected to launch the first manned mission to the moon in 52 years
December
December 1st
World Aids Day
December 7th
Ghanaian elections
December 8
Notre Dame in Paris reopens five years after fire
December 20
South Sudan elections
Elections are expected in Algeria, Croatia and Uzbekistan
India’s space agency, Isro, is set to launch the Shukrayaan space probe to Venus
Sometime in 2024
An antimalarial vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and the Serum Institute of India is expected to be distributed in 12 African countries
A giant spherical structure dedicated to studying neutrinos will go live in Jiangmen, China
