43

This page is about the year 43. For the actual number, see forty-three.

43 (XLIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 43rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 43rd year of the 1st millennium, the 43rd year of the 1st century, and the 4th year of the 40s decade. As of the start of 43, the Gregorian calendar was 2 days behind the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century
Decades:	10s  20s  30s  – 40s –  50s  60s  70s
Years:	40 41 42 – 43 – 44 45 46

AD 43 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	AD 43 XLIII
Ab urbe condita	796
Assyrian calendar	4793
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−550
Berber calendar	993
Buddhist calendar	587
Burmese calendar	−595
Byzantine calendar	5551–5552
Chinese calendar	壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 2739 or 2679     — to — 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 2740 or 2680
Coptic calendar	−241 – −240
Discordian calendar	1209
Ethiopian calendar	35–36
Hebrew calendar	3803–3804
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	99–100
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3143–3144
Holocene calendar	10043
Iranian calendar	579 BP – 578 BP
Islamic calendar	597 BH – 596 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 43 XLIII
Korean calendar	2376
Minguo calendar	1869 before ROC 民前1869年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1425
Seleucid era	354/355 AG
Thai solar calendar	585–586
Tibetan calendar	ཆུ་ཕོ་སྟག་ལོ་ (male Water-Tiger) 169 or −212 or −984     — to — ཆུ་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་ (female Water-Hare) 170 or −211 or −983

Events

• Roman conquest of Britain begins. Roman London (Londinium) was established.
• Claudius adds Lycia into Asia Minor. He combines it with Pamphylia to make a Roman province.
• The Romans now have complete control of the Mediterranean.
• Mark the Evangelist becomes the first Pope of Alexandria.

Asia

• Warfare begins between the northern and southern Huns
• Vietnam is made a province of China
• Vardanes I of Parthia forces the city of Seleucia on the Tigris to surrender

Births

• Martial, Roman poet

Deaths

• Togodumnus, King of the Catuvellauni