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* [[November 11]] – [[2023 Polish parliamentary election]] for the [[Parliament of Poland]]. |
* [[November 11]] – [[2023 Polish parliamentary election]] for the [[Parliament of Poland]]. |
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* [[December 15]] – [[2023 Spanish general election]] for the [[Cortes Generales]]. |
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* [[December 17]] – 750th death-day of the Muslim mysticist and poet [[Rumi|Dschalāl ad-Dīn Rūmī]]. |
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2023 (MMXXIII) was 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.
Events
Predicted and scheduled events
- January 1
- Croatia will adopt the euro and become the 20th member state of the eurozone.[1] This will be the first enlargement of the monetary union since Lithuania's entry in 2015.
- Croatia will join Schengen and become the 27th member state of Europe's passport-free travel area. This will be the first enlargement of Europe's passport-free area since Liechtenstein's entry in 2011.
- Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will be sworn in as the next President of Brazil after defeating incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro in a runoff election that was held in Brazil on October 30, 2022.
- Uzbekistan's Latin alphabet transition will be complete.[2]
- January 10 – Extended Security Updates (ESU) program will no longer update Windows 7, extended support for Windows 8 & 8.1 & Windows RT ends, as well third year of ESU support for Windows Server 2008/R2 ends. Both will enter fourth year, which is available only for Azure Virtual Desktop users.
- January 12 – January 22 – 2023 Winter World University Games in Lake Placid, New York, United States.
- January 13 – January 14 – 2023 Czech presidential election.
- February 14 — IE11 will be permanently disabled on Windows 10 Semi-Annual Channel (SAC). LTSB/LTSC editions and it's server equivalents aren't included.
- 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 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.[3]
- May 6 – Coronation of Charles III and Camilla as King and Queen of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth Realms in Westminster Abbey, London.[4]
- 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.
- May 20 – June 11 – 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Indonesia.
- June 18 – 2023 Turkish general election.
- June 23 – July 2 – 2023 European Games in Kraków and Małopolska, Poland.
- June 25 – 2023 Guatemalan general election.
- July 11 — end of extended support for Embedded Standard edition of Windows 8 RTM and Embedded Industry edition of Windows 8.1.
- 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.[5]
- September 8 – October 28 – 2023 Rugby World Cup in France.[6]
- 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.[7]
- October – 2023 Moldovan local elections.
- October – November 26 – 2023 Cricket World Cup in India.
- October 8 – Next Luxembourg general election in Luxembourg.
- October 10 — end of ESU support for Embedded Standard edition of Windows 7 and second year of ESU support for Embedded POSReady edition of Windows 7, as well extended support for Windows CE 2013 and Windows Server 2012/R2 ends. Windows Server 2012/R2 will enter ESU period and Windows Embedded POSReady 7 will enter third year of ESU support.
- 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.[8]
- 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.[9]
- November 11 – 2023 Polish parliamentary election for the Parliament of Poland.
- December 15 – 2023 Spanish general election for the Cortes Generales.
- December 17 – 750th death-day of the Muslim mysticist and poet Dschalāl ad-Dīn Rūmī.
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- February – Pope Francis will visit the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan. The visit was scheduled from 2 to 7 July 2022, but was postponed due to the Pope's ill health. Pope Francis will be the first heir to the Apostle Peter to visit the two countries.[citation needed]
- October – 2023 Pakistani general election.
- December – Next Bangladeshi general election.
- India is projected to surpass China to become the world's most populous country.[10]
- The Compact of Free Association with the United States for Micronesia and the Marshall Islands expires.[11]
- The European Spallation Source is expected to go into operation in Lund, Sweden.[12]
- Türksat 6A, Turkey's first domestic and national satellite, is planned to be sent to space in cooperation with SpaceX.[13]
- 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.[14]
- Following approval of the draft by the seven EAC states after a year of consultations, the East African Federation would be established by this year.[15]
- The 2023 AFC Asian Cup is scheduled to be held in Qatar.[16]
- The first light of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is anticipated to occur in February 2023 with full science operations beginning a year later.[17]
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.
- ^ Uzbekistan Aims For Full Transition To Latin-Based Alphabet By 2023, February 12, 2021 12:54 GMT, RadioFreeEurope
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Compacts of Free Association". U.S. Department of the Interior. October 15, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Havyarimana, Moses (January 18, 2020). "Regional experts draft confederation constitution". The EastAfrican. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
- ^ "Qatar to host AFC Asian Cup 2023; India and Saudi Arabia shortlisted for 2027 edition". Asian Football Confederation. October 17, 2022. Archived from the original on October 17, 2022. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
- ^ "Monthly Updates". Rubin Observatory. December 6, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2022.