2023

This article is about the year 2023.

Millennium:	3rd millennium
Centuries:	20th century – 21st century – 22nd century
Decades:	1990s  2000s  2010s  – 2020s –  2030s  2040s  2050s
Years:	2020 2021 2022 – 2023 – 2024 2025 2026

2023 by topic:

Arts

Architecture – Comics – Film – Home video – Literature (Poetry) – Music (Country, Metal, UK) – Radio – Television – Video gaming

Politics

Elections – Int'l leaders – State leaders – Sovereign states

Science and technology

Archaeology – Aviation – Birding/Ornithology – Meteorology – Palaeontology – Rail transport – Spaceflight

Sports

Athletics (Track and Field) – Australian Football League – Baseball – Basketball – Football (soccer) – Cricket – Ice Hockey – Motorsport – Road cycling (men, women) – Tennis – Rugby league

By place

Afghanistan – Algeria – Argentina – Armenia – Australia – Austria - Azerbaijan – Bangladesh - Belgium - Brazil – Canada – Chile – China – Costa Rica – Croatia – Denmark – El Salvador – Egypt – Ethiopia – European Union – Finland – France – Georgia – Germany – Ghana – Greece – Hungary – India – Indonesia – Iraq – Iran – Ireland – Israel – Italy – Japan – Kenya – Latvia – Lithuania – Luxembourg – Malaysia – Mexico – Moldova – Netherlands – New Zealand – Norway – Pakistan – Palestinian territories – Philippines – Poland – Romania – Russia – Rwanda – Serbia – Singapore – South Africa – South Korea – Spain – Sri Lanka – Sweden – Turkey – United Arab Emirates – United Kingdom – United States - Vietnam

Other topics

Awards – Law – 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 other calendars

Gregorian calendar	2023 MMXXIII
Ab urbe condita	2776
Armenian calendar	1472 ԹՎ ՌՆՀԲ
Assyrian calendar	6773
Bahá'í calendar	179–180
Bengali calendar	1430
Berber calendar	2973
British Regnal year	71 Eliz. 2 – 72 Eliz. 2
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	1945–1946
- Kali Yuga	5124–5125
Holocene calendar	12023
Igbo calendar	1023–1024
Iranian calendar	1401–1402
Islamic calendar	1444–1445
Japanese calendar	Heisei 35 (平成３５年)
Juche calendar	112
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4356
Minguo calendar	ROC 112 民國112年
Thai solar calendar	2566
Unix time	1672531200–1704067199

2023 (MMXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (dominical letter A) 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.

Events

January

• January 1 – Croatia adopts the euro and joins the Schengen Area becoming the 20th member state of the Eurozone and the 27th member of the Schengen Area. This is the first enlargement of the Eurozone since Lithuania's entry in 2015, and the first enlargement of the Schengen Area since Liechtenstein's entry in 2011.
• January 5 – The funeral for Pope Benedict XVI is held at Saint Peter's Square within the Vatican City.
• January 8
  • COVID-19 pandemic: China reopens its borders to international visitors, marking the end of travel restrictions that began in March 2020.
  • 2023 Beninese parliamentary election
  • Supporters of former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro storm the Brazilian National Congress, the Supreme Federal Court and the Presidential Palace of Planalto.

Predicted and scheduled events

• January 12 – January 22 – 2023 Winter World University Games in Lake Placid, New York, United States.
• January 13 – January 14 – 2023 Czech presidential election.
• January 15 – Last day that the Croatian kuna can be used as legal tender in Croatia.
• January 18 – 2023 Antiguan and Barbudan general election.
• January 21 – 2023 Slovakian constitutional referendum
• February 1 – February 11 – 2022 FIFA Club World Cup in Morocco.
• February 25 – 2023 Nigerian general election.
• March 5 – 2023 Estonian parliamentary election.
• April – Voyager 2 is predicted to overtake Pioneer 10 as the second-farthest spacecraft from Earth.
• April 2 – 2023 Finnish parliamentary election.
• April 7–30 – World Chess Championship 2023
• April 30 – 2023 Paraguayan general election.
• May 5 – A penumbral lunar eclipse will be visible in the evening and the following morning in Africa, Asia and Australia, and will be the 24th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 141.
• May 6 – Coronation of Charles III and Camilla as King and Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms in Westminster Abbey, London.
• May 7 – 2023 Thai general election.
• May 12 – May 28 – 2023 IIHF World Championship in Finland and Latvia.
• May 9 – May 13 – Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, United Kingdom.
• June – 2023 CONCACAF Nations League Finals.
• June 10 – 2023 UEFA Champions League Final in Istanbul, Turkey.
• June 14 – June 18 – 2023 UEFA Nations League Finals in Enschede and Rotterdam, Netherlands.
• June 18 – 2023 Turkish general election.
• June 23 – July 2 – 2023 European Games in Kraków and Małopolska, Poland.
• June 23 – July 8 – 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador, El Salvador.
• June 24 – July 16 – 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup in the United States.
• June 25 – 2023 Guatemalan general election.
• July 20 – August 20 – 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
• July 23 – 2023 Cambodian general election.
• July 28 – August 6 – 2023 Netball World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa.
• August – Africa Super League.
• August 25 – September 10 – 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup in the Philippines, Japan, and Indonesia.
• September 8 – October 28 – 2023 Rugby World Cup in France.
• September 23 – October 8 – 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
• September 24 – OSIRIS-REx is expected to return with samples from the Asteroid Bennu of the Apollo group.
• October – November 26 – 2023 Cricket World Cup in India.
• October 8 – 2023 Luxembourg general election in Luxembourg.
• October 14 – An annular solar eclipse will be visible in the Western U.S., Central America, Colombia and Brazil, and will be the 44th solar eclipse of Solar Saros 134.
• October 20 – November 5 – 2023 Pan American Games 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, and will be the 11th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 146.
• November – December – 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
• November 11 – 2023 Polish parliamentary election for the Parliament of Poland.
• December 15 – 2023 Spanish general election for the Cortes Generales.

Date unknown

• February – 2023 Bangladeshi presidential election.
• October – 2023 Pakistani general election.
• India is projected to surpass China to become the world's most populous country.
• The European Spallation Source is expected to go into operation in Lund, Sweden.
• Türksat 6A, Turkey's first domestic and national satellite, is planned to be sent to space in cooperation with SpaceX.
• 2023 Sudanese general election will occur as part of its transition to democracy, with a constitutional convention on the electoral system and form of government also scheduled.
• The 2023 AFC Asian Cup is scheduled to be held in Qatar.

Deaths

Main article: Deaths in 2023

Further information: Category:2023 deaths

January

Main article: Deaths in January 2023

• January 3
  • Walter Cunningham, American astronaut (b. 1932)
  • Ruslan Khasbulatov, Russian economist and politician (b. 1942)
  • Abdelsalam Majali, 29th Prime Minister of Jordan (b. 1925)
• January 4 – Rosi Mittermaier, German alpine skier and Olympic champion (b. 1950)
• January 6
  • Owen Roizman, American cinematographer (b. 1936)
  • Dick Savitt, American tennis player (b. 1927)
  • Gianluca Vialli, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1964)
• January 8 – Roberto Dinamite, Brazilian footballer and politician (b. 1954)