1043
| 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 |
| 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 |
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.
Events
[change | change source]- 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
[change | change source]- Fulk IV, Count of Anjou (died 1109)
- Abu Muhammad Baghawi, Persian traditionalist
- El Cíd Campeador of Castile (died 1099)
Deaths
[change | change source]- George Maniaces, Byzantine general
- Gisela of Swabia, Holy Roman Empress (b. 989)