2023
October 7 attack
Hamas militants broke through the Gaza fence at dawn, slaughtering some 1,200 Israelis at a music festival and in border kibbutzim and dragging 250 hostages…
GPT-4 released
OpenAI unveiled the successor to the model that had launched ChatGPT, this one capable of looking at images, passing the bar exam, and reasoning across long…
Sudan civil war begins
Two generals who had once partnered to overthrow a civilian government turned their guns on each other in Khartoum, plunging Africa's third-largest country…
Chandrayaan-3 lands on the Moon
India's Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander touched down near the Moon's south pole…
Brasília's January 6
A week after Lula's inauguration, thousands of supporters of the defeated Jair Bolsonaro stormed Brazil's Congress, Supreme Court, and presidential palace…
Israel invades Gaza
After three weeks of airstrikes, Israeli ground forces rolled into the Gaza Strip in a campaign of urban warfare that would flatten entire neighborhoods…
Turkey-Syria earthquake
A magnitude 7.8 quake struck before dawn on a cold February night along a fault no one had adequately warned about, flattening apartment blocks…
First sickle cell CRISPR therapy
Lahaina fire
Morocco earthquake
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Frequently asked
What happened in the year 2023?
Saeculum lists 10 events from 2023. The most significant is October 7 attack.
What era was 2023 part of?
2023 falls within the Contemporary (2001-2026). Networks, climate, and the new uncertainty.
Which regions saw notable events in 2023?
The events from 2023 span Middle East, North America, Africa, South Asia and South America.