2043 Facts for Kids

Millennium:	3rd millennium
Centuries:	20th century – 21st century – 22nd century
Decades:	2010s 2020s 2030s – 2040s – 2050s 2060s 2070s
Years:	2040 2041 2042 – 2043 – 2044 2045 2046

2043 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	2043 MMXLIII
Ab urbe condita	2796
Armenian calendar	1492 ԹՎ ՌՆՂԲ
Assyrian calendar	6793
Bahá'í calendar	199–200
Balinese saka calendar	1964–1965
Bengali calendar	1450
Berber calendar	2993
British Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	2587
Burmese calendar	1405
Byzantine calendar	7551–7552
Chinese calendar	壬戌年 (Water Dog) 4739 or 4679 — to — 癸亥年 (Water Pig) 4740 or 4680
Coptic calendar	1759–1760
Discordian calendar	3209
Ethiopian calendar	2035–2036
Hebrew calendar	5803–5804
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2099–2100
- Shaka Samvat	1964–1965
- Kali Yuga	5143–5144
Holocene calendar	12043
Igbo calendar	1043–1044
Iranian calendar	1421–1422
Islamic calendar	1465–1466
Japanese calendar	Reiwa 25 (令和２５年)
Javanese calendar	1976–1977
Juche calendar	132
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4376
Minguo calendar	ROC 132 民國132年
Nanakshahi calendar	575
Thai solar calendar	2586
Tibetan calendar	阳水狗年 (male Water-Dog) 2169 or 1788 or 1016 — to — 阴水猪年 (female Water-Pig) 2170 or 1789 or 1017
Unix time	2303683200 – 2335219199

2043 (MMXLIII) will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2043rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 43rd year of the 3rd millennium, the 43rd year of the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2040s decade.

Predicted and scheduled events

2043 will see the close of 6000 years of human history, according to the count of years in the Hebrew Old Testament. This may be readily computed by placing the construction of Solomon's Temple (1 Kings 6:1) at 966 BC, a widely accepted date based on the work of Edwin Thiele in the mid 20th century. From 966 BC count back 2992 years to the first man, as given in the Old Testament record. (1656 Adam to the Flood, 427 to Abraham, 430 to the Exodus, 479 to 1 Kings 6:1.) This places the first man at 3958 BC. 6000 years forward takes one to 2043 AD.

Assuming no further changes in the copyright law, all sound recordings fixed between February 15 and December 31, 1972 will enter public domain in the United States:
Slovenia will close down its nuclear plant by this year.

2043 marks the first contact between humans and the Centaurians in the computer game Alien Legacy.
According to the Acecombat universe, war breaks out between Neucom Inc. and General Resource Ltd. The Universal Peace Enforcement Organization is sent to settle the conflict. The war lasts until 2044.
The video game Rise of the Robots takes place in November.
The movie The Postman (1997) concludes.
The 2010 movie The Book of Eli is set.