23
year
23 (XXIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 23rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 23rd year of the 1st millennium, the 23rd year of the 1st century, and the 4th year of the 20s decade. As of the start of 23, the Gregorian calendar was 2 days behind the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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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 |
Gregorian calendar | AD 23 XXIII |
Ab urbe condita | 776 |
Assyrian calendar | 4773 |
Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
Bengali calendar | −570 |
Berber calendar | 973 |
Buddhist calendar | 567 |
Burmese calendar | −615 |
Byzantine calendar | 5531–5532 |
Chinese calendar | 壬午年 (Water Horse) 2719 or 2659 — to — 癸未年 (Water Goat) 2720 or 2660 |
Coptic calendar | −261 – −260 |
Discordian calendar | 1189 |
Ethiopian calendar | 15–16 |
Hebrew calendar | 3783–3784 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 79–80 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 3123–3124 |
Holocene calendar | 10023 |
Iranian calendar | 599 BP – 598 BP |
Islamic calendar | 617 BH – 616 BH |
Javanese calendar | N/A |
Julian calendar | AD 23 XXIII |
Korean calendar | 2356 |
Minguo calendar | 1889 before ROC 民前1889年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −1445 |
Seleucid era | 334/335 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 565–566 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳水马年 (male Water-Horse) 149 or −232 or −1004 — to — 阴水羊年 (female Water-Goat) 150 or −231 or −1003 |
Events
changeRoman Empire
change- Strabo publishes Geography. It covers the world known to the Romans and Greeks at the time of Emperor Augustus.
- Aelius Sejanus gains power in the Roman Senate and Tiberius.
- Gaius Asinius Pollio, Gaius Antistius Vetus become consuls
Asia
change- Liu Xuan proclaims himself emperor against Wang Mang.
- Battle of Kunyang - troops under Liu Xiu defeat 450,000 of Wang Mang's troops
Births
change- Pliny the Elder, Roman scientist and writer
Deaths
change- September 14 – Drusus Julius Caesar, son of the Emperor Tiberius, poisoned
- October 6 – Wang Mang, Emperor of the Xin Dynasty