1543
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
| Decades: | 1510s 1520s 1530s – 1540s – 1550s 1560s 1570s |
| Years: | 1540 1541 1542 – 1543 – 1544 1545 1546 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1543 MDXLIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2296 |
| Armenian calendar | 992 ԹՎ ՋՂԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6293 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1464–1465 |
| Bengali calendar | 950 |
| Berber calendar | 2493 |
| English Regnal year | 34 Hen. 8 – 35 Hen. 8 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2087 |
| Burmese calendar | 905 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7051–7052 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 4239 or 4179 — to — 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 4240 or 4180 |
| Coptic calendar | 1259–1260 |
| Discordian calendar | 2709 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1535–1536 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5303–5304 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1599–1600 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1464–1465 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4643–4644 |
| Holocene calendar | 11543 |
| Igbo calendar | 543–544 |
| Iranian calendar | 921–922 |
| Islamic calendar | 949–950 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenbun 12 (天文１２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1461–1462 |
| Julian calendar | 1543 MDXLIII |
| Korean calendar | 3876 |
| Minguo calendar | 369 before ROC 民前369年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 75 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2085–2086 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳水虎年 (male Water-Tiger) 1669 or 1288 or 516 — to — 阴水兔年 (female Water-Rabbit) 1670 or 1289 or 517 |
1543 (MDXLIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1543rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 543rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 43rd year of the 16th century, and the 4th year of the 1540s decade. As of the start of 1543, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Events
- February 21 – Battle of Wayna Daga – A combined army of Ethiopian and Portuguese troops defeat the armies of Adal led by Ahmed Gragn.
- May – Nicolaus Copernicus publishes De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium
- July 12 – King Henry VIII of England marries Catherine Parr. It is the sixth of Henry's marriages and the third of Catherine's. Princess Elizabeth attends the wedding
- August 5 – Turkish and French troops under Khair ed-Din Barbarossa occupy Nice
- September-October – Landrecies in Picardy is besieged by forces under Emperor Charles V, but withdraw on the approach of the French army.
- Japanese receive first firearms from shipwrecked Portuguese
- Native Americans in Spanish colonies are announced free against the wish of local settlers
- Martin Luther publishes On the Jews and Their Lies.
Births
- January 18 – (baptized) – Alfonso Ferrabosco, Italian composer
- January 31 – Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japanese shogun
- February 15 – Charles III, Duke of Lorraine
- February 16 – Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter
- April 1 – François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France
- September 14 – Claudio Aquaviva, Italian Jesuit
Deaths
- January 2 – Francesco Canova da Milano, Italian composer
- January 3 – Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Portuguese explorer
- January 9 – Guillaume du Bellay, French diplomat and general
- February 21 – Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi, Imam of Adal (killed in battle)
- May 24 – Nicolaus Copernicus, mathematician and astronomer
- July 19 – Lady Mary Boleyn, mistress of Kings Francis I of France and Henry VIII of England
- September 20 – Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland
- November 29 – Hans Holbein the Younger, German artist, active in England