Politics
| UK participation in EU Horizon resumes | January 2024 |
| Taiwanese presidential election | 13 January |
| US Republican primaries, New Hampshire | 23 January |
| Finnish presidential elections | 28 January |
| US Republican primaries, Nevada | 6-8 February |
| Azerbaijani presidential election | 7 February |
| Pakistani general election | 8 February |
| Indonesian general election | 14 February |
| Elections in Belarus, Iraqi Kurdistan and Senegal | 25 February |
| Nato expected to launch Steadfast Defender, the largest military exercise since the cold war | February |
| Iranian legislative elections | 1 March |
| US Super Tuesday presidential primary election day | 5 March |
| Portuguese elections | 10 March |
| Russian presidential election | 17 March |
| Ukrainian presidential election expected | 31 March |
| Elections are expected in Slovakia and Togo | 31 March |
| South Korean elections | 10 April |
| Japan state visit to the US | 10 April |
| G7 foreign ministers’ meeting | 17-19 Apr |
| Ukrainian presidential election expected Elections are expected in Slovakia and Togo | 31 March |
| Indian elections. Also Maldives, North Macedonia and Solomon Islands | 19 April |
| US Supreme Court hears oral arguments in presidential immunity case | 22 Apr |
| London mayoral elections, UK local elections | 2 May |
| Panamanian elections | 5 May |
| Lithuanian presidential elections (general election in October) | 12 May |
| Dominican Republic elections | 19 May |
| Elections expected South Africa | 29 May |
| Elections expected in Madagascar | 26 May-9 June |
| IISS Shangri-La Dialogue | 31 May – 2 June |
| Icelandic presidential elections | 1 June |
| Mexican elections | 2 June |
| EU parliamentary elections | 6-9 June |
| Belgian federal elections | 9 June |
| Italy hosts the 50th G7 summit | 13-15 June |
| European Council summit | 27-28 June |
| Elections expected in Kiribati, Mauritania and Mongolia | 29 June-21 July |
| Hungary EU presidency | 1 July |
| US hosts Nato summit | 9-11 July |
| US Republican national convention | 15-18 July |
| Venezuela Presidential elections | 28 Jul |
| South African elections. Also Croatia and North Macedonia | Summer 2024 |
| The new city of Nusantara is formally inaugurated as the capital of Indonesia, replacing Jakarta | 17 August |
| US Democratic National Convention | 19-22 August |
| Elections expected in Rwanda | 28 August |
| First US presidential debate | 18 September |
| US vice-presidential debate | 25 September |
| Elections expected in Austria, Sri Lanka and Tunisia | September |
| BRICS summit | October |
| Second US presidential debate | 1 October |
| Elections are expected in Austria, Sri Lanka and Tunisia | 6 October |
| One-year anniversary of Hamas’ incursion into Israel | 7 Oct |
| Final US presidential debate | 9 October |
| Georgian elections | 26 October |
| Uruguayan elections | 27 October |
| Elections expected in Bosnia and Botswana | 27 October |
| US election | 5 November |
| Somaliland elections | 13 November |
| Brazil hosts G20 summit | 18 November |
| Elections expected in Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritius, Namibia | 21-24 November |
| Ghanaian elections | 7 December |
| GCC leaders’ summit | early – mid December |
| South Sudan elections Elections expected in Algeria, Croatia and Uzbekistan | 20 December |
| South Africa ascends to G20 Presidency | December 2024 |
| 2024 Doha Forum | 10-11 Dec |
Economy
| Davos World Economic Forum 2024 | 15-19 January |
| Venice Biennale | 20 April-24 November |
| Russia hosts Brics summit in Kazan | 24 October |
| IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings 2024 | 15-20 Apr |
| G7 finance ministers meeting | 23-25 May |
| Global Supply Chain Forum | 21-24 May |
| G7 trade ministers’ meeting | 16-17 Jul |
| FII 8 | 29-31 Oct |
| Davos World Economic Forum 2025 | 20-24 January 2025 |
Sports
| AFC Asian Cup | 12 Jan – 10 Feb |
| Africa Cup of Nations | 13 January-11 February |
| Australian Open | 14-28 January |
| Six Nations rugby tournament | 2 February-16 March |
| Joshua Bautsi vs Dan Azeez (British Light-Heavyweight Title) | 3 Feb |
| Super Bowl | 11 Feb |
| Bahrain Grand Prix | 29 Feb – 2 Mar |
| African Games in Ghana | 8-23 March |
| Saudi Arabian Grand Prix | 7 – 9 March |
| Australian Grand Prix | 22 – 23 March |
| Oxford and Cambridge boat race | 30 March |
| Japanese Grand Prix | 5 – 7 April |
| The Masters | 11 – 14 April |
| Shanghai Grand Prix | 19 – 21 April |
| London Marathon | 21 April |
| Miami Grand Prix | 3 – 5 May |
| Kentucky Derby | 4 May |
| The Great Wall Marathon, China | 11 May |
| US PGA golf championship | 13-19 May |
| Tyson Fury vs Oleksander Usyk | 18 May |
| Indy 500 | 26 May |
| French Open | 26 May – 9 June |
| FA Cup final | 25 May |
| European Rugby Champions Cup final | 25 May |
| Europa Conference League Final | 29 May |
| Uefa Champions League final | 1 June |
| ICC Men’s T20 World Cup | 4-30 June |
| Men’s T20 World Cup | 4 – 30 June |
| Global Running Day | 5 June |
| NBA Finals | 6 – 23 June |
| US Open golf tournament | 10-16 June |
| Uefa Euros | 14 June-14 July |
| 48th Copa América | 14 June – 14 July |
| Spanish Grand Prix | 21 – 23 June |
| Tour de France begins | 29 June-21 July |
| Wimbledon tennis championships begin | 1-14 July |
| Euros final | 14 June – 14 July |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans | 15-16 June |
| Austrian Grand Prix | 28 – 30 June |
| Tour de France | 29 June – 21 July |
| Wimbledon | 1 – 14 July |
| Copa America final | 14 July |
| British Grand Prix | 7 July |
| The Open golf championship | 18-21 July |
| Hungarian Grand Prix | 19 – 21 July |
| Belgian Grand Prix | 26 – 28 July |
| Paris Olympics | 26 July-11 August |
| Community Shield | 4 Aug |
| Tour de France Femmes | 12-18 August |
| Dutch Grand Prix | 23 – 25 Aug |
| Italian Grand Prix | 20 Aug – 1 Sep |
| US Open tennis championships | 26 August-8 September |
| Paralympic Games | 28 August-8 September |
| Tour of Britain cycling race | 1-8 September |
| Great North Run | 8 September |
| Azerbaijan Grand Prix | 13 – 15 Sept |
| MLB World Series | October |
| Last ever Singapore Gold Cup horse race | 5 October |
| America’s Cup | 12-20 October |
| USA Grand Prix | 18 – 20 Oct |
| Mexican Grand Prix | 25 – 27 Oct |
| The final race of the America’s Cup takes place in Barcelona | 27 October |
| Brazilian Grand Prix | 1 -3 Nov |
| Abu Dhabi Championship | 7 – 10 Nov |
| Las Vegas Grand Prix | 21 – 13 Nov |
| Qatar Grand Prix | 29 Nov – 1 Dec |
| Abu Dhabi Grand Prix | 6 – 8 Dec |
| FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) | 10 – 15 Dec |
Entertainment
| Oscars nominations | 23 January |
| Grammy awards | 4 February |
| Rio Carnival | 9-17 February |
| Bafta film awards | 18 February |
| Brit awards | 2 March |
| The Oscars | 10 March |
| Eurovision in Malmö, Sweden | 11 May |
| Bafta TV awards | 12 May |
| Cannes film festival | 14–25 May |
| Glastonbury festival begins | 26-30 June |
Technology
| CES (Consumer Electronics Show) | 9 January |
| Metavsummit | 11 January |
| EU Digital Services Act comes into force | 17 February |
| Developer Week | SF Bay Area | 21 February |
| SXSW 2024 | 8 March |
| China scheduled to launch Chang’e 6, a sample-return mission involving a robotic lander, to the far side of the moon | 26 May-9 June |
| GITEX Africa | 29 May |
| AI for Good Summit | 30-31 May |
| “Devil comet” closest to Earth | 2 June |
| Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2024 | 10-14 June |
| UN Summit of the Future opens in New York | 22-23 September |
| Japan’s space agency, Jaxa, is due to launch its MMX (Martian Moons eXploration) mission to explore Phobos and Deimos, the tiny moons of Mars | September |
| GITEX Global | 14 October |
| Nasa set to launch Europa Clipper, a probe to study the habitability of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa | 27 October |
| US expected to launch the first crewed mission in 52 years to the moon | November |
| 3rd Global AI Safety summit | November 2024 |
| India’s space agency, Isro, is due to launch the Shukrayaan space probe to Venus | 20 December |
| An antimalarial vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and the Serum Institute of India is expected to be distributed in 12 African nations | Some time in 2024 |
Climate
| The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration releases global temperature report for 2023 | 12 January |
| G7 climate, energy and environmental ministerial meeting | 28-30 Apr |
| Ocean Decade Conference | 10-12 April |
| COP 29 climate summit | 11-22 November |
| 4th International Conference on Small Island Developing States | 27- 30 May |
| 3rd World Biodiversity Forum | 16-21 June |
| 26th IUFRO World Congress | 23–29 June |
| Summit of the Future | 22–24 September |
| 2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference | 21 October–1 November |
| A giant spherical structure dedicated to studying neutrinos will become operational in Jiangmen, China | Some time in 2024 |
Cultural
| Rio Carnival | 9-17 February |
| Lunar new year | 10 February |
| International Women’s Day | 8 March |
| Ramadan | 10 March-9 April |
| WWF Earth Hour | 23 March |
| World Health Day | 7 April |
| Total solar eclipse across North America | 8 April |
| Sustainability Week | 15-19 Apr |
| International Mother Earth Day | 22 Apr |
| May Day | 1 May |
| World Press Freedom Day | 3 May |
| Hajj | 14-19 June |
| World Refugee Day | 20 June |
| World Press Freedom Day | 3 May |
| Eid al-Adha | 9-10 Jul |
| Nobel peace prize announced | 11 October |
| Vatican to hold synod looking into direction of the Roman Catholic faith | October |
| World Aids Day | 1 December |
| Notre Dame in Paris reopens five years after fire | 8 December |
Anniversaries
| International Holocaust Remembrance Day | 27 January |
| Second anniversary of Russian invasion of Ukraine | 23 February |
| Fourth anniversary of WHO declaring Covid pandemic | 11 March |
| Nato 75th anniversary | 4 April |
| Thirty years since the death of Kurt Cobain | 5 April |
| World Press Freedom Day | 3 May |
| Eightieth anniversary of the D-Day landings | 6 June |
Public Holidays
| World – New Year’s Day | 1 January |
| USA – Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. | 15 January Third Monday in January |
| China – Lunar New Year | 28 Jan – 3 Feb |
| China – Spring Festival | 10 Feb – 17 Feb |
| USA – Washington’s Birthday | 19 Febuary Third Monday in February |
| World – Good Friday | 29 March |
| World – Easter Sunday | 31 March |
| World – Easter Monday | 1 April |
| China – Qingming (Tomb Sweeping Day) | 4-6 April |
| China – Labor Day | 1-5 May |
| UK – Early May Bank Holiday | 6 May |
| UK – Spring Bank Holiday | 27 May |
| USA – Memorial Day | 27 May Last Monday in May |
| China – Dragon Boat Festival | 8 June – 10 June |
| USA – Juneteenth National Independence Day | 19 June |
| USA – Independence Day | 4 July |
| UK – Summer Bank Holiday | 26 Aug |
| USA – Labor Day | 2 September First Monday in September |
| China – Mid Autumn Festival | 15 Sept – 17 Sept |
| China – National Day | 1-7 October |
| USA – Indigenous Peoples’ Day (also observed as Columbus Day) | 14 October Second Monday in October |
| USA – Veterans Day | 11 November |
| USA – Thanksgiving Day | 28 November Fourth Thursday in November |
| World – Christmas Day | 25 December |
| UK – Boxing Day | 26 December |
| ***USA – Inauguration Day*** | 20 January 2025, every 4 years following a presidential election |
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