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Calendar overview 543
Map with all linked sites: | 543 | |
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 the city of Nisibis from the Sassanids . |
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| 543 in other calendars | |
| Ethiopian calendar | 535/536 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1086/87 (southern Buddhism); 1085/86 (alternative calculation according to Buddhas Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 53rd (54th) cycle
Year of the Water Pig癸亥 ( at the beginning of the year Water Dog 壬戌) |
| Jewish calendar | 4303/04 (September 14/15) |
| Coptic calendar | 259/260 |
| Roman calendar |
from urbe condita MCCXCVI (1296)
Diocletian's era : 259/260 (New Year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 853/854 (April)
Syria: 854/855 (October) |
| Spanish era | 581 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 599/600 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Gothic war
- Second Gothic War : Naples surrenders to the Ostrogothic troops under Totila .
Roman-Persian Wars
- Another war between the Eastern Roman Empire under Justinian I and the Sassanid Empire under Chosrau I begins.
- Eastern Roman troops try in vain to conquer the city of Nisibis from the Sassanids .
- around 543: In the Persian Sassanid Empire, Anōšazād rebels against his father Chosrau I.
Africa
- around 543: The Christian ( Monophysite ) kingdom of Makuria in Sudan is founded. It exists until 1314 .
Disasters
- The " Justinian Plague " spreads over Marseille to the Rhineland .
Web links
Commons : 543 - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
