| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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May: De revolutionibus orbi published by Copernicus
June: Humani corporis fabrica published by Vesalius
| 1543 by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1543 MDXLIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2296 |
| Armenian calendar | 992 ԹՎ ՋՂԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6293 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1464–1465 |
| 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 (Water Tiger) 4240 or 4033 — to — 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 4241 or 4034 |
| Coptic calendar | 1259–1260 |
| Discordian calendar | 2709 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1535–1536 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5303–5304 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1599–1600 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1464–1465 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4643–4644 |
| Holocene calendar | 11543 |
| Igbo calendar | 543–544 |
| Iranian calendar | 921–922 |
| Islamic calendar | 949–950 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenbun 12 (天文１２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1461–1462 |
| Julian calendar | 1543 MDXLIII |
| Korean calendar | 3876 |
| Minguo calendar | 369 before ROC 民前369年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 75 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2085–2086 |
| 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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Year 1543 (MDXLIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. It is one of the years sometimes referred to as an "Annus mirabilis" because of its significant publications in science, considered the start of the Scientific Revolution.