1043
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 1010s 1020s 1030s – 1040s – 1050s 1060s 1070s |
| Years: | 1040 1041 1042 – 1043 – 1044 1045 1046 |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1043 MXLIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1796 |
| Armenian calendar | 492 ԹՎ ՆՂԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5793 |
| 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 | 965–966 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4144–4145 |
| Holocene calendar | 11043 |
| Igbo calendar | 43–44 |
| Iranian calendar | 421–422 |
| Islamic calendar | 434–435 |
| Japanese calendar | Chōkyū 4 (長久４年) |
| Julian calendar | 1043 MXLIII |
| Korean calendar | 3376 |
| Minguo calendar | 869 before ROC 民前869年 |
| Seleucid era | 1354/1355 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1585–1586 |
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Year 1043 (MXLIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
- April 3 – Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England at Winchester Cathedral.
- October 31 – Venus occults Jupiter.
- November 21 – Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor, marries Agnes of Poitou at Ingelheim am Rhein.
- Rus'-Byzantine War (1043).
- 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 crushed by the Seljuks.
- In Song Dynasty China, the statesmen Ouyang Xiu and Fan Zhongyan put forth the Qingli Reforms, which are halted by 1045.
- The Norman brothers, William Iron Arm and Drogo de Hauteville, assume power in Apulia.
- The first king of the Kingdom of Nri, Eze Nri Ìfikuánim is installed in West Africa.
Births
- Fulk IV of Anjou
- Abu Muhammad Baghawi, Persian traditionalist
- El Cid Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar of Castile (d. 1099). National hero of Spain.
Deaths
- George Maniaces, Byzantine general
- Gisela of Swabia, Holy Roman Empress (b. 989)