| Millennium: | 3rd millennium |
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| 2023 by topic: |
| Arts |
| Animation (Anime)–Architecture – Comics – Film – Home video – Literature (Poetry) – Music (Classical, Country, Hip hop, Jazz, Latin, Metal, Rock, UK, US) – Radio – Photo – Television (UK, US) – 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 – Space/Astronomy – Spaceflight |
| Environment |
| Birding/Ornithology |
| Climate change |
| Transportation |
| Aviation – Rail transport |
| 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 |
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| Other topics |
| Religious leaders |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births – Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
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| Works and introductions categories |
| Gregorian calendar | 2023 MMXXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2776 |
| Armenian calendar | 1472 ԹՎ ՌՆՀԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6773 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 179–180 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1944–1945 |
| Bengali calendar | 1430 |
| Berber calendar | 2973 |
| British Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 2567 |
| Burmese calendar | 1385 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7531–7532 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 4719 or 4659 — to — 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 4720 or 4660 |
| Coptic calendar | 1739–1740 |
| Discordian calendar | 3189 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 2015–2016 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5783–5784 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2079–2080 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1944–1945 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5123–5124 |
| Holocene calendar | 12023 |
| Igbo calendar | 1023–1024 |
| Iranian calendar | 1401–1402 |
| Islamic calendar | 1444–1445 |
| Japanese calendar | Reiwa 5 (令和５年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1956–1957 |
| Juche calendar | 112 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
| Korean calendar | 4356 |
| Minguo calendar | ROC 112 民國112年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 555 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2566 |
| 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 time | 1672531200 – 1704067199 |
2023 (MMXXIII) will be 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, the 23rd year of the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2020s decade.
Predicted and scheduled events
- January 1 – Books, films, and other works published in 1927 are scheduled to enter the public domain.
- January 12 – January 22 – The 2023 Winter Universiade will be held in Lake Placid, New York, United States.
- January 15 – April 15 – Expo 2023 is scheduled to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[1]
- February 16 – March 4 – The WorldPride Sydney 2023 is scheduled to be held in Sydney.
- February 19 – The 2023 NBA All-Star Game is scheduled to be held in Salt Lake City, Utah.
- April 20 – A hybrid solar eclipse will be visible from Indonesia, Australia, and Papua New Guinea, and will be the 52nd solar eclipse of Solar Saros 129.
- May 5 – A penumbral lunar eclipse will be visible in the evening and following morning in Africa, Asia, and Australia. It will be the 24th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 141.
- June 9 – July 9 – The 2023 AFC Asian Cup is scheduled to be held in China.
- July 10 – August 20 – The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup is scheduled to occur in Australia and New Zealand.
- July – The 2023 Netball World Cup is scheduled to be held on the International Convention Centre in Cape Town, South Africa.
- August 25 – September 10 – 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup is scheduled to occur in the Philippines, Japan, and Indonesia.
- September 8 – October 21 – 2023 Rugby World Cup is scheduled to occur in France.[2]
- October – November 26 – 2023 Cricket World Cup is scheduled to occur in India.
- October 14 – An annular solar eclipse will be visible in the Western U.S., Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. It will be the 44th solar eclipse of Solar Saros 134.
- October 16 – Canada is scheduled to hold its 44th general election to the House of Commons no later than this date.
- October 20 – November 5 - 2023 Pan American Games are scheduled to be held in Santiago, Chile.
- October 28 – A partial lunar eclipse will be visible in the evening and the next morning over Europe and most of Africa and Asia. It will be the 11th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 146.
- December 15 – Spain is scheduled to hold a general election for the Cortes Generales no later than this date.
Date unknown
- OSIRIS-REx is expected to return with samples from the Asteroid Bennu of the Apollo group.[3]
- İstanbul Kanal is expected to be completed.
- Expected completion of London's new £4.1 billion Thames Tideway Scheme, upgrading the existing Victorian infrastructure for wastewater.[4]
- The Compact of Free Association with the US for Micronesia and the Marshall Islands expires.[5]
- The European Spallation Source is expected to go into operation in Lund, Sweden.[6]
- As of December 2019, the completion date for the Golden Gate Bridge net was set for 2023.[7][8]
- Turkey, Moon to be made first contact.[9]
References
- ^ "Argentina elected host country of Specialised Expo 2023". Retrieved January 4, 2020.
- ^ "Australia up to host mini rugby World Cup". ESPN.com. January 15, 2021. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
- ^ "OSIRIS-REx Factsheet" (PDF). NASA/Explorers and Heliophysics Projects Division. August 2011.
- ^ "Better roads, rail travel and new river crossings in spending boost for London | Politics | News | London Evening Standard". London Evening Standard. November 29, 2011. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
- ^ "Compacts of Free Association". www.doi.gov. October 15, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
- ^ "Home Page". European Spallation Source. August 11, 2015.
- ^ "Construction of Suicide Net at Golden Gate Bridge Is 2 Years Behind Schedule".
- ^ "Golden Gate Bridge Suicide Deterrent Net Project Update" (PDF).
- ^ https://twitter.com/RTErdogan/status/1359192325923209220