1023
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1023 (MXXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1023rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 23rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 23rd year of the 11th century, and the 4th year of the 1020s decade. As of the start of 1023, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

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Events
By place
Europe
- The Judge-Governor of Seville takes advantage of the break up of the Caliphate of Córdoba, and takes power as Abbad I, founding the Abbadid dynasty.
- Abd ar-Rahman V becomes Caliph at Córdoba.
Asia
- The Ghaznavid Empire occupies Transoxiana.
Africa
Births
- William VII, Duke of Aquitaine (d. 1058)
Deaths
- Wulfstan II, Archbishop of York
- Oda of Haldensleben, wife of Mieszko I of Poland
- Llywelyn ap Seisyll, King of Gwynedd
- Sitt al-Mulk, regent of the Fatimid Caliphate (1021 to 1023) for ʻAlī az-Zāhir, the Seventh Caliph (1021 to 1036)
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