1343
year
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.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 13th century – 14th century – 15th century |
| Decades: | 1310s 1320s 1330s – 1340s – 1350s 1360s 1370s |
| Years: | 1340 1341 1342 – 1343 – 1344 1345 1346 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1343 MCCCXLIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2096 |
| Armenian calendar | 792 ԹՎ ՉՂԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6093 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1264–1265 |
| Bengali calendar | 750 |
| Berber calendar | 2293 |
| English Regnal year | 16 Edw. 3 – 17 Edw. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1887 |
| Burmese calendar | 705 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6851–6852 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬午年 (Water Horse) 4039 or 3979 — to — 癸未年 (Water Goat) 4040 or 3980 |
| Coptic calendar | 1059–1060 |
| Discordian calendar | 2509 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1335–1336 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5103–5104 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1399–1400 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1264–1265 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4443–4444 |
| Holocene calendar | 11343 |
| Igbo calendar | 343–344 |
| Iranian calendar | 721–722 |
| Islamic calendar | 743–744 |
| Japanese calendar | Kōei 2 (康永２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1255–1256 |
| Julian calendar | 1343 MCCCXLIII |
| Korean calendar | 3676 |
| Minguo calendar | 569 before ROC 民前569年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −125 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1885–1886 |
| 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 |
Events
change- Magnus II of Sweden is no longer king of Norway, and his son Haakon VI of Norway becomes king. However Haakon is still very young, so Magnus makes most of his decisions.
- January 27, Pope Clement VI creates his Bull Unigenitus.
- The personal union between Sweden and Norway ends.
- Edward, the Black Prince becomes the Prince of Wales.
Births
change- 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
change- December 15 – Hasan Kucek, Chobanid prince
- Sir Ulick Burke, Irish nobleman
- Aimone of Savoy