(6th millennium – 7th millennium – 8th millennium – other millennia) (5th millennium – 6th millennium – 7th millennium – other millennia) The sixth millennium is a period of time which will begin on January 1, 5001 and will end on December 31, 6000. ... (7th millennium – 8th millennium – 9th millennium – other millennia) The eighth millennium is a period of time which begins on January 1, 7001 and will end on December 31, 8000. ... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ...

The 7th millennium is a period of time which will begin on January 1, 6001 and will end on December 31, 7000. January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

Astronomical events

These are astronomical dates, so they are given in the astronomical format of Year Month Day, which allows them to be ordered.

• 6212 November 7: Mercury occults Regulus
• 6587 September 9: Venus occults Regulus
• 6727 August 25: Mars occults Regulus the first time since June 28, 17,619 BC
• 6757 July 5: There is anticipated to be a simultaneous solar eclipse and transit of Mercury, the first such simultaneous eclipse and planetary transit in recorded history.
• 6947 October 9: Mercury occults Regulus

November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ... Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure trace Potassium 31. ... In this July, 1997 still frame captured from video, the bright star Aldebaran has just reappeared on the dark limb of the waning crescent moon in this predawn occultation. ... Regulus (α Leo / α Leonis / Alpha Leonis) is the brightest star in the constellation Leo and one of the brightest stars in the nighttime sky. ... September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... (*min temperature refers to cloud tops only) Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 9. ... August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining. ... For the Roman god, see Mars (mythology). ... (Some entries on this page have been duplicated on August 1. ... Anno Domini Nostri Iesu Christi (In the Year of Our Lord Jesus Christ), commonly shortened to Anno Domini (In the Year of the Lord), abbreviated as AD or A.D., is the designation used to number years in the Christian Era, conventionally used with the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining. ... Photo taken during the French 1999 eclipse A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes in front of the Sun and obscures it totally or partially. ... A transit of Mercury across the Sun takes place when the planet Mercury comes between the Sun and the Earth, and Mercury is seen as a small black dot moving across the face of the Sun. ... Photo taken during the French 1999 eclipse An eclipse (Greek verb: ecleipo, to cease existing or calypse, to cover ) is an astronomical event that occurs when one celestial object moves into the shadow of another. ... Ancient history is from the period of time when writing and historical records first appear, roughly 5,500 years before the Common Era. ... October 9 is the 282nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (283rd in Leap years). ...

Science Fiction

• The events of the video game series Xenosaga take place sometime in the early 6000s. Due to the vagueness of the times given in Episode 1 of the series ('20xx' followed by '4000 years in the future'), it is possible the events cross over into the 62nd century.

Xenosaga (ゼノサーガ Zenosāga) is primarily a series of video games developed by Monolith Soft and published by Namco. ...

Other

The year 6009 will be the first year since 1961 in which its rendering using the Hindu-Arabic numeral system will create a numeral which can be inverted, rendering the same numeral; this works in many sans-serif fonts, much handwriting, and in the standard Seven-segment display of electronic devices. 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Arabic numerals is the term usually applied to the Western variant of the Hindu-Arabic numeral system, commonly used in conjunction with the Latin alphabet since Early Modern times (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9). ... In typography, serifs are the small features at the end of strokes within letters. ... Penmanship is the art of writing clearly and quickly. ... A seven-segment display (sometimes written as 7-segment display) is a form of display that predates the now ubiquitous dot-matrix displays. ...

References

• Simultaneous Transits by Meeus and Vitagliano (pdf, 315KB)
• Conjunctions of Regulus and the planets (in German)