From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh kills over 1,000 people; the streak from the Chelyabinsk meteor that rocketed across the Russian morning sky; protests occur amid the coup d'état that overthrew President Mohamed Morsi of Egypt; smoke rises as a result of the Westgate shopping mall attack in Nairobi, Kenya, carried out by Al-Shabaab militants; the Boston Marathon bombing marks the first terrorist attack in the U.S. since 9/11; Pope Francis is elected to the Papacy in the papal conclave.
This article is about the year 2013. For other uses, see 2013 (disambiguation).
Calendar year
Millennium:
3rd millennium
Centuries:
20th century
21st century
22nd century
Decades:
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
2030s
Years:
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2013 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar
2013 MMXIII
Ab urbe condita
2766
Armenian calendar
1462 ԹՎ ՌՆԿԲ
Assyrian calendar
6763
Baháʼí calendar
169–170
Balinese saka calendar
1934–1935
Bengali calendar
1420
Berber calendar
2963
British Regnal year
61 Eliz. 2 – 62 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar
2557
Burmese calendar
1375
Byzantine calendar
7521–7522
Chinese calendar
壬辰年 (Water Dragon) 4710 or 4503 — to — 癸巳年 (Water Snake) 4711 or 4504
Coptic calendar
1729–1730
Discordian calendar
3179
Ethiopian calendar
2005–2006
Hebrew calendar
5773–5774
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat
2069–2070
- Shaka Samvat
1934–1935
- Kali Yuga
5113–5114
Holocene calendar
12013
Igbo calendar
1013–1014
Iranian calendar
1391–1392
Islamic calendar
1434–1435
Japanese calendar
Heisei 25 (平成２５年)
Javanese calendar
1946–1947
Juche calendar
102
Julian calendar
Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar
4346
Minguo calendar
ROC 102 民國102年
Nanakshahi calendar
545
Thai solar calendar
2556
Tibetan calendar
阳水龙年 (male Water-Dragon) 2139 or 1758 or 986 — to — 阴水蛇年 (female Water-Snake) 2140 or 1759 or 987
Unix time
1356998400 – 1388534399
2013 by topic
Arts
Animation
Anime
Architecture
Comics
Film
Horror
Literature
Poetry
Radio
Science fiction
Television
Video games
esports
Music
Albums
By genre
Classical
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Hip hop
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Latin
Metal
Rock
By place
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China
Japan
Korea
Philippines
Australia
Brazil
Canada
Europe
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Scandinavia
Norway
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Elections
International leaders
Organized crime
Religion
Religious leaders
Sovereign states
Sovereign state leaders
Territorial governors
Science and technology
Archaeology
Biotechnology
Computing
Palaeontology
Quantum computing and communication
Senescence research
Sustainable energy research
Environment
Birding and ornithology
Climate change
Weather
Transportation
Aviation
Rail transport
Spaceflight
Transportation technology
Sports
American football
Association football
Athletics (sport)
Badminton
Baseball
Basketball
Chess
Combat sports
Cricket
Cycling
Golf
Ice hockey
Pro wrestling
Rugby union
Swimming
Tennis
Volleyball
By sovereign state
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
The Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Comoros
Congo
D.R. Congo
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Eswatini
Equatorial Guinea
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
The Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Liechtenstein
Libya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
Madagascar
Marshall Islands
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Nauru
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
North Korea
North Macedonia
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Palestine
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
São Tomé and Príncipe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
Somaliland
South Africa
Solomon Islands
South Korea
South Sudan
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vatican City
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
By international organization
European Union
United Nations
Categories
Births
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Works entering the public domain
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2013 (MMXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2013th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 13th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2010s decade.
Calendar year
2013 was designated as:
International Year of Water Cooperation[1]
International Year of Quinoa[1]
^ ab"United Nations Observances: International Years". United Nations. Archived from the original on May 8, 2015. Retrieved April 14, 2015.
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