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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.
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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.[1][2]
- January 5 – The funeral for Pope Benedict XVI is held at Saint Peter's Square within the Vatican City.[3]
- January 8
- COVID-19 pandemic: China reopens its borders to international visitors, marking the end of travel restrictions that began in March 2020.[4][5]
- The 2023 Beninese parliamentary election is held.[6]
- Supporters of former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro storm the Brazilian National Congress, the Supreme Federal Court and the Presidential Palace of Planalto.[7]
Predicted and scheduled events
- January 13 – January 14 – 2023 Czech presidential election.
- January 15 – Last day that the Croatian kuna can be used as legal tender in Croatia.[2]
- January 18 – 2023 Antiguan and Barbudan general election.
- 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[8]
- 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.[9]
- 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.[10]
- May 7 – 2023 Thai general election.
- 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.
- August – Africa Super League.
- August 25 – September 10 – 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup in the Philippines, Japan, and Indonesia.[11]
- September 8 – October 28 – 2023 Rugby World Cup in France.[12]
- 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.[13]
- 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.[14]
- 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.[15][importance?]
- 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.[16]
- The European Spallation Source is expected to go into operation in Lund, Sweden.[17]
- Türksat 6A, Turkey's first domestic and national satellite, is planned to be sent to space in cooperation with SpaceX.[18]
- 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.[19]
- The 2023 AFC Asian Cup is scheduled to be held in Qatar.[20]
Deaths
January
- January 3
- Walter Cunningham, American astronaut (b. 1932)[21][importance?]
- Ruslan Khasbulatov, Russian economist and politician (b. 1942)[22]
- Abdelsalam Majali, 29th Prime Minister of Jordan (b. 1925)[23]
- January 4 – Rosi Mittermaier, German alpine skier and Olympic champion (b. 1950)[24]
- January 6
- Owen Roizman, American cinematographer (b. 1936)[25][importance?]
- Dick Savitt, American tennis player (b. 1927)[26]
- Gianluca Vialli, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1964)[27]
- January 8 – Roberto Dinamite, Brazilian footballer and politician (b. 1954)[28]
References
- ^ "Croatia set to join the euro area on 1 January 2023: Council adopts final required legal acts". European Council/Council of the European Union. July 12, 2022. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
- ^ a b Buckley, Julia. "This popular European country just got a new currency". CNN. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
- ^ "Pope Francis to lead funeral for Benedict XVI, a first in modern history". France 24. December 31, 2022. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
- ^ "China reopens borders as lunar new year travel kicks off amid Covid surge". The Guardian. January 8, 2023. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
- ^ "Zero-Covid over, Chinese travellers swing into overseas holiday mode". South China Morning Post. January 8, 2023. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
- ^ Linkpon, Stanislas (November 9, 2022). "Législatives 2023 : plus de 6,6 millions électeurs inscrits sur la liste électorale". ORTB (in French). Retrieved December 8, 2022.
- ^ "Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazilian Congress". BBC News. January 8, 2023. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
- ^ "Calendar". www.fide.com. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
- ^ "Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on May 5–6, 2023 – Where and When to See". www.timeanddate.com. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
- ^ "Coronation on 6 May for King Charles and Camilla, Queen Consort". BBC News. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
- ^ "Striking new logo unveiled for FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023".
- ^ "Australia up to host mini rugby World Cup". ESPN.com. January 15, 2021. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
- ^ "OSIRIS-REx Factsheet" (PDF). NASA/Explorers and Heliophysics Projects Division. August 2011.
- ^ "14 October 2023 — Great American Eclipse (Annular Solar Eclipse)".
- ^ "28–29 October 2023 Partial Lunar Eclipse".
- ^ "World Population Prospects 2022" (PDF). www.un.org. p. 10. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
- ^ "Home Page". European Spallation Source. August 11, 2015.
- ^ "Türksat 6A".
- ^ "Democracy in Sudan: more work needed". The Africa Report. April 7, 2020. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ "Qatar to host AFC Asian Cup 2023; India and Saudi Arabia shortlisted for 2027 edition". Asian Football Confederation. October 17, 2022. from the original on October 17, 2022. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
- ^ NASA Apollo astronaut Walt Cunningham has died at age 90
- ^ Last Chairman Of Supreme Soviet Of Russia Ruslan Khasbulatov Dies At Age Of 80 - Family
- ^ "Former Prime Minister Abdel Salam Majali passes away". en.royanews.tv. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
- ^ Ski-Olympiasiegerin Rosi Mittermaier gestorben (in German)
- ^ Barnes, Mike; Barnes, Mike (January 7, 2023). "Owen Roizman, Cinematographer on 'The French Connection' and 'The Exorcist,' Dies at 86". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
- ^ Dick Savitt Dies at 95; Won Australian and Wimbledon Tennis Titles in 1951
- ^ È morto Gianluca Vialli (in Italian)
- ^ Morre Roberto Dinamite, maior ídolo da história do Vasco da Gama (in Brazilian Portuguese)