543 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	7th century BC 6th century BC 5th century BC
Decades:	560s BC 550s BC 540s BC 530s BC 520s BC
Years:	546 BC 545 BC 544 BC 543 BC 542 BC 541 BC 540 BC

543 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	543 BC DXLIII BC
Ab urbe condita	211
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 122
- Pharaoh	Amasis II, 28
Ancient Greek era	59th Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4208
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1135
Berber calendar	408
Buddhist calendar	2
Burmese calendar	−1180
Byzantine calendar	4966–4967
Chinese calendar	丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 2155 or 1948     — to — 戊午年 (Earth Horse) 2156 or 1949
Coptic calendar	−826 – −825
Discordian calendar	624
Ethiopian calendar	−550 – −549
Hebrew calendar	3218–3219
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−486 – −485
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2558–2559
Holocene calendar	9458
Iranian calendar	1164 BP – 1163 BP
Islamic calendar	1200 BH – 1199 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1791
Minguo calendar	2454 before ROC 民前2454年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2010
Thai solar calendar	0–1
Tibetan calendar	阴火蛇年 (female Fire-Snake) −416 or −797 or −1569     — to — 阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) −415 or −796 or −1568

The year 543 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 211 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 543 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

• North Indian Prince Vijaya invades Ceylon and establishes a Sinhalese dynasty after he was banished from his father's kingdom
• Pisistratus, tyrant of Athens, purifies the island of Delos. (approximate)
• Guided by Chinese statesman Zi Chan, the State of Zheng institutes a formal code of law.

Deaths

• Gautama Buddha Mahaparinibbana (traditional in Thailand and elsewhere - basis of Thai solar calendar)