Editing AD 23 (section)

==== China ====
* [[Gengshi Emperor|Liu Xuan]], a descendant of the [[Han dynasty]] royal family and leader of insurgents against the [[Xin dynasty]], proclaims himself emperor against [[Wang Mang]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Giele|first=Enno|title=Imperial decision-making and communication in early China: a study of Cai Yong's Duduan|year=2006|publisher=Otto Harrassowitz Verlag|isbn=978-3-447-05334-1|page=218|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pb5veqFrpvIC&dq=Liu+Xuan+emperor+23&pg=PA218}}</ref>
* July &ndash; After being under siege for two months, about 19,000 insurgents under [[Emperor Guangwu of Han|Liu Xiu]] defeat 450,000 of Wang Mang's troops in the [[Battle of Kunyang]], ushering in the fall of Wang Mang's Xin dynasty and restoration of the Han dynasty.<ref>{{cite book|last=Schram|first=Stuart R.|title=Mao's road to power: revolutionary writings 1912–1949|year=1992|publisher=M.E. Sharpe|isbn=978-1-56324-457-5|page=366|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K8K7b_nC6BsC&dq=Battle+of+Kunyang+23&pg=PA366|volume=1}}</ref>
* [[October 6]] – Emperor Liu Xuan's forces kill Wang Mang at the end of a three-day siege.