1343

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

1343 in other calendars

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

• 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

• 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