2023 in Asia
Overview of Asia-related events during the year of 2023
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This is a list of events that took place in Asia in 2023.
Events
January
- 13 January - 29 January - 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup
May
- 5 May – A penumbral lunar eclipse was visible in the evening and the following morning in Africa, Asia and Australia and was the 24th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 141.[1]
June
- 16 June – 16 July 16 – 2023 AFC Asian Cup.
- 18 June – 2023 Turkish general election.
July
- 6 July – The 2023 Hong Kong electoral changes confirmed and approved by Legislative Council. Direct elected seats of district councilors decreased from 452 out of 479 (94%) to 88 out of 470 (19%), and will establish the District Council Eligibility Review Committee for review the eligibility of every District Council Candidates. [2]
September
- 19 September – Azerbaijan launched a military offensive against the Armenia-backed Republic of Artsakh.[3]
- September 20 – Armenian separatist forces in Nagorno-Karabakh surrender and agree to a Russian proposal for a ceasefire with Azerbaijan effective from 1 pm on Wednesday.[4]
- 23 September – 8 October – 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
- 24 September – 4 October – over 100,000 ethnic Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh.[5][6]
- 28 September – Samvel Shahramanyan, president of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh, signs a decree to dissolve all state institutions of Artsakh beginning at the start of 2024.[7]
October
- 5 October – 26 November – 2023 Cricket World Cup in India.
- 28 October – A partial lunar eclipse was visible in the evening and the next morning over Europe and most of Africa and Asia and was the 11th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 146.[8]
See also
References
- ^ "Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on May 5–6, 2023 – Where and When to See". www.timeanddate.com. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ "Hong Kong cuts directly elected District Council seats as overhaul unanimously approved". Hong Kong Free Press.
- ^ Kirby, Paul (2023-09-19). "Azerbaijan launches operation against Nagorno-Karabakh". BBC. Archived from the original on September 19, 2023. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
- ^ "Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces reach Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire deal". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
- ^ "Why this week's mass exodus from embattled Nagorno-Karabakh reflects decades of animosity". The Independent. 2023-09-28. Archived from the original on September 29, 2023. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- ^ "Separatist government of Nagorno-Karabakh says it will dissolve itself by January 2024". AP News. 28 September 2023. Archived from the original on 28 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- ^ Edwards, Christian (2023-09-28). "Nagorno-Karabakh will cease to exist from next year. How did this happen?". CNN. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- ^ "28–29 October 2023 Partial Lunar Eclipse".
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