23 facts for kids
This page is about the year 23. For the actual number, see 23 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| 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 |
23 is a year in the 1st century. It was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Pollio and Vetus.
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Events
Roman Empire
- 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
- Liu Xuan proclaims himself emperor against Wang Mang.
- Battle of Kunyang - troops under Liu Xiu defeat 450,000 of Wang Mang's troops
Births
- Pliny the Elder, Roman scientist and writer
Deaths
- September 14 – Drusus Julius Caesar, son of the Emperor Tiberius, poisoned
- October 6 – Wang Mang, Emperor of the Xin Dynasty
Women's History Month on Kiddle
Women Scientists of Antiquity
 | Hypatia |
 | Agnodice |
 | Aglaonice |
 | Mary the Jewess |
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