543 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	7th century BC – 6th century BC – 5th century BC
Decades:	570s BC  560s BC  550s BC  – 540s BC –  530s BC  520s BC  510s BC
Years:	546 BC 545 BC 544 BC – 543 BC – 542 BC 541 BC 540 BC

543 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	543 BC DXLII 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
Bengali calendar	−1135
Berber calendar	408
Buddhist calendar	2
Burmese calendar	−1180
Byzantine calendar	4966–4967
Chinese calendar	丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 2154 or 2094     — to — 戊午年 (Earth Horse) 2155 or 2095
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	2559–2560
Holocene calendar	9458
Iranian calendar	1164 BP – 1163 BP
Islamic calendar	1200 BH – 1199 BH
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1791
Minguo calendar	2454 before ROC 民前2454年
Thai solar calendar	0–1

Events

• North Indian Prince Vijaya invades Ceylon and establishes a Sinhalese dynasty.
• 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)