2023

2023 (MMXXIII) is the current year, and is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2023rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 23rd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2020s decade.

Millennium: 3rd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
2023 by topic:
Arts
Animation (Anime) – Architecture – Comics – Film (Horror, Science fiction) – Literature (Poetry) – Music (Classical, Country, Hip hop, Jazz, Latin, Metal, Rock, UK, US, Korea) – Radio – Photo – Television – 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 – Senescence research – Space/Astronomy – Spaceflight – Sustainable energy research
Environment and environmental sciences
Birding/Ornithology – Climate change – Weather
Transportation
Aviation – Rail transport – Transportation technology
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 – Antigua and Barbuda – Argentina – Armenia – Australia – Austria – Azerbaijan – Bangladesh – The Bahamas – Bahrain – Barbados – Belarus – Belgium – Belize – Benin – Bhutan – Bolivia – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Botswana – Brazil – Brunei – Bulgaria – Burkina Faso – Burundi – Cambodia – Cameroon – Canada – Cape Verde – Central African Republic – Chad – Chile – China – Colombia – Costa Rica – Comoros – Congo – D.R. Congo – Croatia – Cuba – Cyprus – Czech Republic – Denmark – Djibouti – Dominica – Dominican Republic – East Timor – Ecuador – Egypt – El Salvador – Eritrea – Estonia – Ethiopia – Eswatini – Equatorial Guinea – Fiji – Finland – France – Gabon – The Gambia – Georgia – Germany – Ghana – Greece – Grenada – Guatemala – Guinea – Guinea-Bissau – Guyana – Haiti – Honduras – Hong Kong – Hungary – Iceland – India – Indonesia – Iran – Iraq – Ireland – Israel – Italy – Ivory Coast – Jamaica – Japan – Jordan – Kazakhstan – Kenya – Kiribati – Kosovo – Kuwait – Kyrgyzstan – Laos – Latvia – Lebanon – Lesotho – Liberia – Liechtenstein – Libya – Lithuania – Luxembourg – Macau – Madagascar – Marshall Islands – Malawi – Malaysia – Maldives – Mali – Malta – Mauritania – Mauritius – Mexico – Micronesia – Moldova – Monaco – 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 – Saint Kitts and Nevis – Saint Lucia – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Samoa – San Marino – São Tomé and Príncipe – Saudi Arabia – Senegal – Serbia – Seychelles – Sierra Leone – Singapore – Slovakia – Slovenia – Somalia – Somaliland – South Africa – Solomon Islands – South Korea – South Sudan – Spain – Sri Lanka – Sudan – Suriname – Sweden – Switzerland – Syria – Taiwan – Tajikistan – Tanzania – Thailand – Togo – Tonga – Trinidad and Tobago – Tunisia – Turkey – Turkmenistan – Tuvalu – Uganda – Ukraine – United Arab Emirates – United Kingdom – United States – Uruguay – Uzbekistan – Vanuatu – Vatican City – 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
2023 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar2023
MMXXIII
Ab urbe condita2776
Armenian calendar1472
ԹՎ ՌՆՀԲ
Assyrian calendar6773
Baháʼí calendar179–180
Balinese saka calendar1944–1945
Bengali calendar1430
Berber calendar2973
British Regnal year1 Cha. 3 – 2 Cha. 3
Buddhist calendar2567
Burmese calendar1385
Byzantine calendar7531–7532
Chinese calendar壬寅年 (Water Tiger)
4719 or 4659
    — to —
癸卯年 (Water Rabbit)
4720 or 4660
Coptic calendar1739–1740
Discordian calendar3189
Ethiopian calendar2015–2016
Hebrew calendar5783–5784
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat2079–2080
 - Shaka Samvat1944–1945
 - Kali Yuga5123–5124
Holocene calendar12023
Igbo calendar1023–1024
Iranian calendar1401–1402
Islamic calendar1444–1445
Japanese calendarReiwa 5
(令和５年)
Javanese calendar1956–1957
Juche calendar112
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4356
Minguo calendarROC 112
民國112年
Nanakshahi calendar555
Thai solar calendar2566
Tibetan calendar阳水虎年
(male Water-Tiger)
2149 or 1768 or 996
    — to —
阴水兔年
(female Water-Rabbit)
2150 or 1769 or 997
Unix time1672531200 – 1704067199
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The year began with the continuation of the Russian invasion and occupation of Ukraine that began in 2022. In January, an Islamist suicide bomber killed 100 people in a mosque in Pakistan. In February, a series of powerful earthquakes killed at least 42,000 in Turkey and Syria; this event fell within the top ten deadliest earthquakes of the 21st century.

Events

January

February

Predicted and scheduled events

Date unknown

Deaths
Main article: Deaths in 2023

January
Main article: Deaths in January 2023

February
Main article: Deaths in February 2023

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