1523

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century – 16th century – 17th century
Decades:	1490s  1500s  1510s  – 1520s –  1530s  1540s  1550s
Years:	1520 1521 1522 – 1523 – 1524 1525 1526

1523 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1523 MDXXIII
Ab urbe condita	2276
Armenian calendar	972 ԹՎ ՋՀԲ
Assyrian calendar	6273
Balinese saka calendar	1444–1445
Bengali calendar	930
Berber calendar	2473
English Regnal year	14 Hen. 8 – 15 Hen. 8
Buddhist calendar	2067
Burmese calendar	885
Byzantine calendar	7031–7032
Chinese calendar	壬午年 (Water Horse) 4219 or 4159     — to — 癸未年 (Water Goat) 4220 or 4160
Coptic calendar	1239–1240
Discordian calendar	2689
Ethiopian calendar	1515–1516
Hebrew calendar	5283–5284
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1579–1580
- Shaka Samvat	1444–1445
- Kali Yuga	4623–4624
Holocene calendar	11523
Igbo calendar	523–524
Iranian calendar	901–902
Islamic calendar	929–930
Japanese calendar	Daiei 3 (大永３年)
Javanese calendar	1440–1442
Julian calendar	1523 MDXXIII
Korean calendar	3856
Minguo calendar	389 before ROC 民前389年
Nanakshahi calendar	55
Thai solar calendar	2065–2066
Tibetan calendar	阳水马年 (male Water-Horse) 1649 or 1268 or 496     — to — 阴水羊年 (female Water-Goat) 1650 or 1269 or 497

1523 (MDXXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1523rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 523rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 23rd year of the 16th century, and the 4th year of the 1520s decade. As of the start of 1523, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• June 6 – Gustav Vasa is elected king of Sweden, finally establishing its full independence from Denmark, ending of the Kalmar Union.