2040s (Uncle ggrandpa)

The 2040s (pronounced "twenty-fourties" and/or "two thousand (and) fourties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar. It began on January 1, 2040, and ended on December 31, 2049. It was the 5th decade of the 21st century.
== Overview ==
At the beginning of the decade, the Ira pandemic (a virus which mutated off the 1990s Mad Cow Disease) ravaged Eurasia and several other parts of the world, including 1st world countries such as the United States and Europe 
== Politics and wars ==
===Prominent political events===
====North America====
Event 	Country	Date 	Description
2040 United States presidential election	 	November 6, 2040	Democratic Governor of Florida Andrew Gillum is elected the 49th President of the United States, defeating Republican Senator of Missouri Josh Hawley.
Death of George W. Bush 	 	December
23, 2040	George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States, dies at age 94 due to a stroke
2023 American coup d'etat attempt 	 	 	
2044 United States Presidential election	 	November 8, 2044	President Gillum is reelcted President of the United States, defeating Republican Governor of New York, Donald Trump Jr.
 	 	August 31, 2045 	
Impeachment of Andrew Gillum 	 	March 3, 2046 	
2049 Québécois independence referendum 	 	July 14, 2049 	In the then-Canadian province of Quebec, a referendum was held on the matter of Independence, 95.7% of people voted "Yes" and formed the new country of the Republic of Quebec by March of 2050
====Asia====
Event 	Country	Date 	Description
Death of Xi Jinping 	 	September 27, 2040	Chinese President Xi Jinping died suddenly of a stroke following 28 years of power.
Reunification of Korea 	 	2042 	
2023 American coup d'etat attempt 	 	 	
2044 United States Presidential election	 	November 8, 2044 	President Gillum is reelcted President of the United States, defeating Republican Governor of New York, Donald Trump Jr.
 	 	August 31, 2045 	
Impeachment of Andrew Gillum 	 	March 3, 2046 	
Centennial Revolution 	 	October 1, 2049 	In the then-Canadian province of Quebec, a referendum was held on the matter of Independence, 95.7% of people voted "Yes" and formed the new country of the Republic of Quebec by March of 2050
====Europe====
Event 	Country	Date	Description
Abdication of Charles III	 	January
22, 2040	Charles III, the King of the United Kingdom from 2021 to 2034, and England from 2034 to 2040, abdicates from the thrown and is succeeded by his son William V due to his failing health, becoming the first British monarch to abdicate since Edward VIII in 1936
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
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