2023

calendar year

2023 (MMXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday in the Gregorian calendar, the 2023rd year of the Anno Domini and the Common Era, the 23rd year of both the 3rd millennium and 21st century. And this is therefore the 3rd year of the 203rd decade.

Millennium:3rd millennium
Centuries:20th century21st century22nd century
Decades: 1990s  2000s  2010s  – 2020s –  2030s  2040s  2050s
Years:2020 2021 202220232024 2025 2026

The year started with the continuation of the Russian invasion of Ukraine which began in early 2022. In January, July and September, Islamist suicide bombers killed a total of over 200 people in Pakistan. In February, an earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, that killed more than 50,000 people, making it one of the deadliest earthquakes of the 21st century.[1] in April, India became the world's most populous country, overtaking China. In September, Storm Daniel killed nearly 7,000 people in Bulgaria, Greece, Libya and Turkey.[2] In September, Azerbaijan launched an offensive which ended the existence of the Republic of Artsakh, causing its Armenian inhabitants to move back to Armenia. Between October to December, over 23,000 Palestinians and 1,300 Israelis were killed during a war between Israel and Hamas.[3][4]

Former King of Greece Constantine II, former President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf, former Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi, musicians Burt Bacharach, Tina Turner and Tony Bennett and footballer Bobby Charlton died.

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Deaths

January

Constantine II of Greece
Gina Lollobrigida

February

Pervez Musharraf
Burt Bacharach
Raquel Welch

March

Just Fontaine
Kenzaburō Ōe
Chaim Topol
Lance Reddick
Dubravka Ugrešić

April

Harry Belafonte
Jerry Springer

May

Jim Brown
Tina Turner

June

Astrud Gilberto
Ted Kaczynski
Silvio Berlusconi
Alan Arkin

July

Milan Kundera
Tony Bennett

August

William Friedkin
Yevgeny Prigojin

September

Giorgio Napolitano
Michael Gambon

October

Piper Laurie
Martti Ahtisaari
Bobby Charlton
Li Keqiang
Matthew Perry

November

Rosalynn Carter
Henry Kissinger

December

Sandra Day O'Connor
Ryan O'Neal
Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Wolfgang Schäuble
Tom Wilkinson

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