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.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 15th century16th century17th century
Decades: 1510s  1520s  1530s  – 1540s –  1550s  1560s  1570s
Years: 1540 1541 154215431544 1545 1546
1543 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1543
MDXLIII
Ab urbe condita2296
Armenian calendar992
ԹՎ ՋՂԲ
Assyrian calendar6293
Balinese saka calendar1464–1465
Bengali calendar950
Berber calendar2493
English Regnal year34 Hen. 8 – 35 Hen. 8
Buddhist calendar2087
Burmese calendar905
Byzantine calendar7051–7052
Chinese calendar壬寅(Water Tiger)
4239 or 4179
    — to —
癸卯年 (Water Rabbit)
4240 or 4180
Coptic calendar1259–1260
Discordian calendar2709
Ethiopian calendar1535–1536
Hebrew calendar5303–5304
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1599–1600
 - Shaka Samvat1464–1465
 - Kali Yuga4643–4644
Holocene calendar11543
Igbo calendar543–544
Iranian calendar921–922
Islamic calendar949–950
Japanese calendarTenbun 12
(天文12年)
Javanese calendar1461–1462
Julian calendar1543
MDXLIII
Korean calendar3876
Minguo calendar369 before ROC
民前369年
Nanakshahi calendar75
Thai solar calendar2085–2086
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

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