| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | |
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| Years: |
| 543 by topic |
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| Leaders |
| Categories |
| Gregorian calendar | 543 DXLIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1296 |
| Assyrian calendar | 5293 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 464–465 |
| Bengali calendar | −50 |
| Berber calendar | 1493 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1087 |
| Burmese calendar | −95 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6051–6052 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬戌年 (Water Dog) 3240 or 3033 — to — 癸亥年 (Water Pig) 3241 or 3034 |
| Coptic calendar | 259–260 |
| Discordian calendar | 1709 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 535–536 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4303–4304 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 599–600 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 464–465 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3643–3644 |
| Holocene calendar | 10543 |
| Iranian calendar | 79 BP – 78 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 81 BH – 80 BH |
| Javanese calendar | 430–431 |
| Julian calendar | 543 DXLIII |
| Korean calendar | 2876 |
| Minguo calendar | 1369 before ROC 民前1369年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −925 |
| Seleucid era | 854/855 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1085–1086 |
| 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 |
Year 543 (DXLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 543rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 543rd year of the 1st millennium, the 43rd year of the 6th century, and the 4th year of the 540s decade. As of the start of 543, the Gregorian calendar was 2 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.