2023
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.
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| 2023 by topic: |
| Arts |
| Architecture – Comics – Film – Home video – Literature (Poetry) – Music (Country, Rock, Metal, UK, US) – Radio – Photo – Television (UK, US) – Video gaming |
| Politics and government |
| Elections – International leaders – Sovereign states Sovereign state leaders – Territorial governors |
| Science and technology |
| Archaeology – Aviation – Birding/Ornithology – Palaeontology – Rail transport – Spaceflight |
| Sports |
| American football – Association football – Athletics (sport) – Badminton – Baseball – Basketball – Chess – Combat sports – Cricket – Cycling – Golf – Handball – Ice hockey – Rugby union – Swimming – Tennis – Volleyball |
| By place |
| Afghanistan – Albania – Algeria – Andorra – Angola – Antarctica – Argentina – Armenia – Australia – Austria – Azerbaijan – Bangladesh – The Bahamas – Bahrain – Barbados – Belarus – Belgium – Benin – Bhutan – Bolivia – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Botswana – Brazil – Bulgaria – Burkina Faso – Burundi – Cambodia – Cameroon – Canada – Cape Verde – Central African Republic – Chad – Chile – China – Colombia – Costa Rica – Comoros – Croatia – Cuba – Cyprus – Czechia – Denmark – Ecuador – Egypt – El Salvador – Estonia – Ethiopia – European Union – Fiji – Finland – France – Gabon – Georgia – Germany – Ghana – Greece – Guatemala – Guinea – Guyana – Haiti – Honduras – Hong Kong – Hungary – Iceland – India – Indonesia – Iran – Iraq – Ireland – Israel – Italy – Ivory Coast – Japan – Jordan – Kazakhstan – Kenya – Kosovo – Kuwait – Kyrgyzstan – Laos – Latvia – Lebanon – Lesotho – Liberia – Libya – Lithuania – Luxembourg – Macau – Madagascar – Marshall Islands – Malawi – Malaysia – Mali – Malta – Mauritania – Mexico – Micronesia – Moldova – 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 – Samoa – Saudi Arabia – Senegal – Serbia – Seychelles – Singapore – Slovakia – Slovenia – Somalia – South Africa – Solomon Islands – South Korea – South Sudan – Spain – Sri Lanka – Sudan – Sweden – Switzerland – Syria – Taiwan – Tajikistan – Tanzania – Thailand – Togo – Tonga – Tunisia – Turkey – Turkmenistan – Tuvalu – Uganda – Ukraine – United Arab Emirates – United Kingdom – United States – Uruguay – Uzbekistan – Vanuatu – Venezuela – Vietnam – Yemen – Zambia – Zimbabwe |
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| 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 |
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Predicted and scheduled events
- January 1 - Books, films, and other works published in 1927 will enter the public domain.
- January 15 – April 15 – Expo 2023 is scheduled in Buenos Aires.[1]
- April 20 – A hybrid solar eclipse will be visible from Indonesia, Australia, 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 the next morning in Africa, Asia, and Australia. It will be the 24th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 141.
- 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.
- 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 28 – A partial lunar eclipse will be visible in the evening and the next morning in on the East Coast of the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. It will be the 11th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 146.
Date unknown
- OSIRIS-REx is expected to return with samples from the Asteroid Bennu of the Apollo group.[2]
- Kanal İstanbul is expected to be completed.
- London's new £4.1 billion "super sewer" will be finished, upgrading the existing Victorian infrastructure.[3]
- The Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands expires.
- According to words of Turkey's president (formerly a prime minister) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, if the countries of the European Union will not accept Turkey as a member before the year 2023, Turkey would no longer be a candidate to the union.
- The European Spallation Source is expected to go into operation in Lund, Sweden.[4]
- Sweden is likely to become a cashless society, according to a prediction by then deputy governor Cecilia Skingsley of Riksbank.[5]
In fiction
- 21st century in fiction
References
- "Argentina elected host country of Specialised Expo 2023". Retrieved January 4, 2020.
- "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.
- "Home Page". European Spallation Source. August 11, 2015.
- "Riksbank predicts Sweden will be 'cashless' within five years". Reuters. December 4, 2018. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
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