- This article is about the year AD 23. For other uses, see 23 (number), 23 (numerology), or 23 (disambiguation). This article is about the number 23 For the year see 23. For the movies see 23 (film and The Number 23. The " 23 Enigma " refers to the belief that all incidents and events are directly connected to the number 23, some permutation of the number 23 or a number related to 23 is a number but may also refer to ''23'' (film, a 1998 German film The Number 23, a 2007 film starring Jim Carrey
| Centuries: | 1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century |
| Decades: | 0s BC 0s 10s - 20s - 30s 40s 50s |
| Years: | 20 21 22 - 23 - 24 25 26 |
| 23 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 23 XXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 776 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1821 – -1820 |
| Berber calendar | 973 |
| Buddhist calendar | 567 |
| Burmese calendar | -615 |
| Chinese calendar | 2659/2719-12-20 (壬午年十二月二十日) — to —
2660/2720-12-1(癸未年十二月初一日) |
| Coptic calendar | -261 – -260 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 15 – 16 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3783 – 3784 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 78 – 79 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3124 – 3125 |
| Holocene calendar | 10023 |
| Iranian calendar | 599 BP – 598 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 617 BH – 616 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2356 |
| Thai solar calendar | 566 |
Year 23 was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. The 1st century BC started the first day of 100 BC and ended the last day of 1 BC. The 1st century was the Century that lasted from 1 to 100 according the Julian calendar. The 2nd century is the period from 101 to 200 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them Note Sometimes the ' 20s is used as shorthand for the 1920s, the 1820s, or other such decades in various centuries Events and Note Sometimes the ' 30s is used as shorthand for the 1930s, the 1830s, or other such decades in various centuries Events and Trends Notes Sometimes the ' 40s is used as shorthand for the 1940s, the 1840s, or other such decades in various centuries Note Sometimes the ' 50s is used as shorthand for the 1950s, the 1850s, or other such decades in various centuries Events and Trends This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Year 20 was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Year 21 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Year 22 was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Year 24 was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Year 25 was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Year 26 was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. 22 state leaders - Events of AD 23 - AD 24 state leaders - State leaders by year ----- Africa Kush - Shorkaror The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King This is the Calendar for any Common year starting on Friday ( Dominical letter C) The Julian calendar, a reform of the Roman calendar, was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 Ab urbe condita
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- Greek geographer Strabo publishes Geography, a work covering the world known to the Romans and Greeks at the time of Emperor Augustus - it is the only such book to survive from the ancient world. Greek literature refers to those writings autochthonic to the areas of Greek influence typically though not necessarily in one of the Greek dialects throughout the A geographer is a Scientist whose area of study is Geography, the study of Earth 's physical environment and Human habitat Strabo ( Greek: Στράβων 63/64 BC – ca AD 24 was a Greek historian, geographer and philosopher. Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC The History of Greece traditionally encompasses the study of the Greek people, the areas they ruled historically and the territory now composing the modern state of Augustus ( Latin: IMPERATOR·CAESAR·DIVI·FILIVS·AVGVSTVS September 23 63 BC – August 19 AD 14) born Gaius Octavius Thurinus, was
- Tiberius' son Julius Caesar Drusus dies. Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus (or Tiberius I) born Tiberius Claudius Nero (November 16 42 BC – March 16 AD 37) was the second Roman Nero Claudius Drusus, later Drusus Julius Caesar (his adoptive name (13 BC- September 14 23) was the only child of Roman Emperor Tiberius From that point forward, he seems to lose interest in the Empire and occupies himself with the pursuit of pleasure.
- Lucius Aelius Sejanus begins to dominate the Roman Senate and Tiberius, after the death of Julius Caesar Drusus. Lucius Aelius Seianus (20 BC &ndash October 18 31 AD commonly known as Sejanus, was an ambitious soldier friend and confidant of the Roman Emperor Tiberius The Roman Senate was a political institution in Ancient Rome. Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus (or Tiberius I) born Tiberius Claudius Nero (November 16 42 BC – March 16 AD 37) was the second Roman
- Gaius Asinius Pollio and Gaius Antistius Vetus become consuls. Gaius, or Caius Asinius Pollio, son of Gaius Asinius Gallus and Vipsania Agrippina, was a Roman politician Consul (abbrev cos; Latin plural consules) was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Empire
Asia
- Liu Xuan, a descendant of the Han Dynasty royal family and leader of insurgents against the Xin Dynasty, proclaims himself emperor against Wang Mang. Emperor Gengshi of Han, ch 漢更始帝, py. gèng shĭ dì, wg. The Han Dynasty ( 206 BC–220 AD followed the Qin Dynasty and preceded the Three Kingdoms in China. The Xin Dynasty ( was a Chinese Dynasty (although strictly speaking it had only one Emperor) which lasted from 9 - 23 AD Wang Mang ( (45 BC&ndashOctober 6 23 Courtesy name Jujun (巨君 was a Han Dynasty official who seized the throne from the Liu family
- June — After being sieged for 2 months, 9,000 insurgents under Liu Xiu defeat 450,000 of Wang Mang's troops in the Battle of Kunyang, ushering in the fall of Wang Mang and restoration of the Han Dynasty in China. Family background Liu Xiu was the sixth generation descendant of Emperor Jing of the Former (or Western Han Wang Mang ( (45 BC&ndashOctober 6 23 Courtesy name Jujun (巨君 was a Han Dynasty official who seized the throne from the Liu family The Battle of Kunyang (昆陽之戰 was fought in June-July of 23 between the resurgent Han and Xin forces The Han Dynasty ( 206 BC–220 AD followed the Qin Dynasty and preceded the Three Kingdoms in China.
Births
- Pliny the Elder, Roman scientist and writer
Deaths
- June 15 — Maka Dan-Dang, daughter of Maka Na-Zhen, the first person recorded to be strangled by the trunk of an elephant
- September 14 — Drusus Julius Caesar, son of the Emperor Tiberius, poisoned
- October 6 — Wang Mang, "usurper" of the throne of the Han Dynasty and Emperor of the Xin Dynasty
- Liu Xin, Chinese astronomer
- Liu Yan, Chinese general
- Empress Wang
- Juba II, King of Mauretania
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