1043

1043 (MXLIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1043rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 43rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 43rd year of the 11th century, and the 4th year of the 1040s decade. As of the start of 1043, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	1010s  1020s  1030s  – 1040s –  1050s  1060s  1070s
Years:	1040 1041 1042 – 1043 – 1044 1045 1046

1043 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1043 MXLIII
Ab urbe condita	1796
Armenian calendar	492 ԹՎ ՆՂԲ
Assyrian calendar	5793
Balinese saka calendar	964–965
Bengali calendar	450
Berber calendar	1993
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	1587
Burmese calendar	405
Byzantine calendar	6551–6552
Chinese calendar	壬午年 (Water Horse) 3739 or 3679     — to — 癸未年 (Water Goat) 3740 or 3680
Coptic calendar	759–760
Discordian calendar	2209
Ethiopian calendar	1035–1036
Hebrew calendar	4803–4804
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1099–1100
- Shaka Samvat	964–965
- Kali Yuga	4143–4144
Holocene calendar	11043
Igbo calendar	43–44
Iranian calendar	421–422
Islamic calendar	434–435
Japanese calendar	Chōkyū 4 (長久４年)
Javanese calendar	946–947
Julian calendar	1043 MXLIII
Korean calendar	3376
Minguo calendar	869 before ROC 民前869年
Nanakshahi calendar	−425
Seleucid era	1354/1355 AG
Thai solar calendar	1585–1586
Tibetan calendar	阳水马年 (male Water-Horse) 1169 or 788 or 16     — to — 阴水羊年 (female Water-Goat) 1170 or 789 or 17

Tughril Beg (990–1063)

Events

• October 31 – Venus occults Jupiter
• Rus'-Byzantine War (1043).
• Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England at Winchester Cathedral.
• Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor marries Agnes de Poitou.
• The revolt of George Maniaces against Byzantine Emperor Constantine IX ends when Maniaces is killed in battle near Thessalonica.
• The Ziyarid dynasty of Persia is destroyed by the Seljuks.
• In Song Dynasty China, the politicians Ouyang Xiu and Fan Zhongyan start the Qingli Reforms, which are halted by 1045.
• The Norman brothers, William Iron Arm and Drogo de Hauteville, take power in Apulia.
• The first king of the Kingdom of Nri, Eze Nri Ìfikuánim is created in West Africa.

Births

• Fulk IV, Count of Anjou (died 1109)
• Abu Muhammad Baghawi, Persian traditionalist
• El Cíd Campeador of Castile (died 1099)

Deaths

• George Maniaces, Byzantine general
• Gisela of Swabia, Holy Roman Empress (b. 989)