2002
2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2002nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 2nd year of the 3rd millennium, the 2nd year of the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2000s decade.

This article is about the year 2002. For other uses, see 2002 (disambiguation).

Millennium: 3rd millennium Centuries:

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Years:

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2003

2004

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2002 by topic: Arts Animation (Anime)–Architecture – Comics – Film – Home video – Literature (Poetry) – Music (Classical, Country, Hip hop, Jazz, Latin, Metal, Rock, UK, US) – Radio – Photo – Television (UK, US) – Video games Politics and government Elections – International leaders – Sovereign states

Sovereign state leaders – Territorial governors Science and technology Archaeology – Biotechnology – Computing – Palaeontology – Quantum computing and communication – Space/Astronomy – Spaceflight Environment Birding/Ornithology Climate change Transportation Aviation – Rail transport Sports American football – Association football – Athletics (sport) – Badminton – Baseball – Basketball – Chess – Combat sports – Cricket – Cycling – Golf – Ice hockey – Rugby union – Swimming – Tennis – Volleyball By place Afghanistan – Albania – Algeria – Andorra – Angola – Antarctica – Argentina – Armenia – Australia – Austria – Azerbaijan – Bangladesh – The Bahamas – Bahrain – Barbados – Belarus – Belgium – Benin – Bhutan – Bolivia – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Botswana – Brazil – Bulgaria – Burkina Faso – Burundi – Cambodia – Cameroon – Canada – Cape Verde – Central African Republic – Chad – Chile – China – Colombia – Costa Rica – Comoros – Croatia – Cuba – Cyprus – Czechia – Denmark – Ecuador – Egypt – El Salvador – Eritrea – Estonia – Ethiopia – European Union – Eswatini – Fiji – Finland – France – Gabon – Georgia – Germany – Ghana – Greece – Guatemala – Guinea – Guinea-Bissau – Guyana – Haiti – Honduras – Hong Kong – Hungary – Iceland – India – Indonesia – Iran – Iraq – Ireland – Israel – Italy – Ivory Coast – Japan – Jordan – Kazakhstan – Kenya – Kiribati – Kosovo – Kuwait – Kyrgyzstan – Laos – Latvia – Lebanon – Lesotho – Liberia – Libya – Lithuania – Luxembourg – Macau – Madagascar – Marshall Islands – Malawi – Malaysia – Mali – Malta – Mauritania – Mexico – Micronesia – Moldova – Mongolia – Montenegro – Morocco – Mozambique – Myanmar – Nauru – Namibia – Nepal – Netherlands – New Zealand – Nicaragua – Niger – Nigeria – North Korea – North Macedonia – Norway – Oman – Pakistan – Palau – Palestine – Panama – Papua New Guinea – Paraguay – Peru – Philippines – Poland – Portugal – Qatar – Romania – Russia – Rwanda – Samoa – Saudi Arabia – Senegal – Serbia – Seychelles – Singapore – Slovakia – Slovenia – Somalia – South Africa – Solomon Islands – South Korea – South Sudan – Spain – Sri Lanka – Sudan – Sweden – Switzerland – Syria – Taiwan – Tajikistan – Tanzania – Thailand – Togo – Tonga – Tunisia – Turkey – Turkmenistan – Tuvalu – Uganda – Ukraine – United Arab Emirates – United Kingdom – United States – Uruguay – Uzbekistan – Vanuatu – Venezuela – Vietnam – Yemen – Zambia – Zimbabwe Other topics Religious leaders Birth and death categories Births – Deaths Establishments and disestablishments categories Establishments – Disestablishments Works and introductions categories Works – Introductions

Works entering the public domain

2002 in various calendarsGregorian calendar2002

MMIIAb urbe condita2755Armenian calendar1451

ԹՎ ՌՆԾԱAssyrian calendar6752Bahá'í calendar158–159Balinese saka calendar1923–1924Bengali calendar1409Berber calendar2952British Regnal year50Eliz. 2 – 51Eliz. 2Buddhist calendar2546Burmese calendar1364Byzantine calendar7510–7511Chinese calendar辛巳年 (MetalSnake)

4698 or 4638

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壬午年 (WaterHorse)

4699 or 4639Coptic calendar1718–1719Discordian calendar3168Ethiopian calendar1994–1995Hebrew calendar5762–5763Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat2058–2059 - Shaka Samvat1923–1924 - Kali Yuga5102–5103Holocene calendar12002Igbo calendar1002–1003Iranian calendar1380–1381Islamic calendar1422–1423Japanese calendarHeisei 14

(平成１４年)Javanese calendar1934–1935Juche calendar91Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 daysKorean calendar4335Minguo calendarROC 91

民國91年Nanakshahi calendar534Thai solar calendar2545Tibetan calendar阴金蛇年

(female Iron-Snake)

2128 or 1747 or 975

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阳水马年

(male Water-Horse)

2129 or 1748 or 976Unix time1009843200 – 1041379199

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