| 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 |
| 1543 by topic | |
| Arts and science | |
| Architecture - Art - Literature - Music - Science | |
| Lists of leaders | |
| Colonial governors - State leaders | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Works category | |
| Works | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1543 MDXLIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2296 |
| Armenian calendar | 992 ԹՎ ՋՂԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6293 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -301–-300 |
| 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 | 壬寅年十一月廿六日 (4179/4239-11-26) — to —
癸卯年十二月初六日(4180/4240-12-6) |
| Coptic calendar | 1259–1260 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1535–1536 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5303–5304 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1599–1600 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1465–1466 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4644–4645 |
| Holocene calendar | 11543 |
| Iranian calendar | 921–922 |
| Islamic calendar | 949–950 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenbun 12 (天文12年) |
| Korean calendar | 3876 |
| Minguo calendar | 369 before ROC 民前369年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2086 |
Year 1543 (MDXLIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.