The eighth millennium is a period of time that will begin on January 1, 7001, and will end on December 31, 8000.

Astronomical events[link]

All these dates are in a uniform time scale such as Terrestrial Time. When converted to our ordinary solar time or Universal Time, which is decidedly non-uniform, via ΔT, the dates would be about one day earlier.

• 7152 September 11: Mars occults Regulus.
• ~7200: The Gregorian calendar is one day out of step with the vernal equinox.^[1]
• 7256 October 12: Mercury occults Regulus.
• 7276 September 19: Venus occults Regulus.
• 7278 September 15: Mars occults Regulus.
• 7321 December 21: Venus occults Regulus.
• 7404 September 20: Mars occults Regulus.
• 7541 February 14: Jupiter occults Saturn.^[2]
• 7541 June 18: Jupiter occults Saturn^[2]
• 7565 October 17: Mercury occults Regulus
• ~7800, plutoid 90377 Sedna will pass its aphelion in the decades around the year 7800.
• 7874 October 22: Mercury occults Regulus.

Science predictions[link]

• 7800: Formation of a Type III Civilization under the Kardashev scale, according to Kardaschev's extrapolation of 1% energy usage growth per year.^[3]

Fiction[link]

• 7603, Anno 7603 comedy play takes place.
• The events of Ergo Proxy are believed to be set in the year 7207 after the Earth had been destroyed five thousand years earlier.

Music[link]

• The song "In the Year 2525" by Zager and Evans predicts that by the year 7510, God will have already commenced Judgement Day, or will soon.

References[link]

• Simultaneous Transits by Meeus and VitaglianoPDF (315 KiB)
• Conjunctions of Regulus and the planets (German)
• Accuracy of calculations (German)
• EVE Online Gallentean Timeline