543

Year 543 (DXLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 543 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
543 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar543
DXLIII
Ab urbe condita1296
Assyrian calendar5293
Balinese saka calendar464–465
Bengali calendar−50
Berber calendar1493
Buddhist calendar1087
Burmese calendar−95
Byzantine calendar6051–6052
Chinese calendar壬戌年 (Water Dog)
3239 or 3179
     to 
癸亥年 (Water Pig)
3240 or 3180
Coptic calendar259–260
Discordian calendar1709
Ethiopian calendar535–536
Hebrew calendar4303–4304
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat599–600
 - Shaka Samvat464–465
 - Kali Yuga3643–3644
Holocene calendar10543
Iranian calendar79 BP – 78 BP
Islamic calendar81 BH – 80 BH
Javanese calendar430–431
Julian calendar543
DXLIII
Korean calendar2876
Minguo calendar1369 before ROC
民前1369年
Nanakshahi calendar−925
Seleucid era854/855 AG
Thai solar calendar1085–1086
Tibetan calendar阳水狗年
(male Water-Dog)
669 or 288 or −484
     to 
阴水猪年
(female Water-Pig)
670 or 289 or −483
The Chalukya Dynasty (543–753)

Events

Europe

  • Spring Siege of Naples (542–543): The Byzantine garrison (1,000 men) in Naples surrenders to the Ostrogoths, pressed by famine and demoralized by the failure of two relief efforts. The defenders are well treated by King Totila, and the garrison is allowed safe departure, but the city walls are partly razed.[1]

Africa

  • The fortress city of Old Dongola (modern Sudan) along the River Nile becomes the capital of the Kingdom of Makuria. Several churches are built, including the "Old Church" (approximate date).

Persia

  • Summer Khosrow I, Shahanshah of the Sasanian Empire, invades Syria again, and turns south towards Edessa to besiege the fortress city.
  • The Hephthalites threaten the Sasanian Empire from the East. They extend their domain in Central Asia (approximate date).
  • A Byzantine invasion of Persarmenia is defeated at the Battle of Anglon by a much smaller force from the Sasanian Empire.

Asia

Learning

  • Approximate date The Yupian (玉篇) Chinese dictionary is edited by Gu Yewang.

Religion

  • The doctrine of apocatastasis is condemned by the Synod of Constantinople.

Births

  • Brunhilda, queen of Austrasia (approximate date)
  • Columbanus, Irish missionary (d. 615)
  • Jing Di, emperor of the Liang Dynasty (d. 558)
  • Wu Di, emperor of Northern Zhou (d. 578)

Deaths

  • Octa, king of Kent (approximate date) (b. 500)
  • Adolius, Byzantine officer

References

  1. Bury (1923). Vol. II, Chapter XIX, p. 231-233.
  2. Bauer, Susan Wise (2010). The History of the Medieval World: "From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade". ISBN 978-0-393-05975-5 p. 231.
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