1343

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 13th century14th century15th century
Decades: 1310s  1320s  1330s  – 1340s –  1350s  1360s  1370s
Years: 1340 1341 134213431344 1345 1346
1343 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1343
MCCCXLIII
Ab urbe condita2096
Armenian calendar792
ԹՎ ՉՂԲ
Assyrian calendar6093
Balinese saka calendar1264–1265
Bengali calendar750
Berber calendar2293
English Regnal year16 Edw. 3 – 17 Edw. 3
Buddhist calendar1887
Burmese calendar705
Byzantine calendar6851–6852
Chinese calendar壬午(Water Horse)
4039 or 3979
    — to —
癸未年 (Water Goat)
4040 or 3980
Coptic calendar1059–1060
Discordian calendar2509
Ethiopian calendar1335–1336
Hebrew calendar5103–5104
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1399–1400
 - Shaka Samvat1264–1265
 - Kali Yuga4443–4444
Holocene calendar11343
Igbo calendar343–344
Iranian calendar721–722
Islamic calendar743–744
Japanese calendarKōei 2
(康永2年)
Javanese calendar1255–1256
Julian calendar1343
MCCCXLIII
Korean calendar3676
Minguo calendar569 before ROC
民前569年
Nanakshahi calendar−125
Thai solar calendar1885–1886
Tibetan calendar阳水马年
(male Water-Horse)
1469 or 1088 or 316
    — to —
阴水羊年
(female Water-Goat)
1470 or 1089 or 317

1343 (MCCCXLIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1343rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 343rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 43rd year of the 14th century, and the 4th year of the 1340s decade. As of the start of 1343, the Gregorian calendar was 8 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

Births

  • Alexander Stewart, 1st Earl of Buchan (died 1394)
  • Geoffrey Chaucer, English poet (about this time) (died 1400)
  • Emperor Chōkei of Japan (died 1394)
  • Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester, English rebel (died 1403)

Deaths

  • December 15 – Hasan Kucek, Chobanid prince
  • Sir Ulick Burke, Irish nobleman
  • Aimone of Savoy