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1043 (MXLIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1043rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 43rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 43rd year of the 11th century, and the 4th year of the 1040s decade. As of the start of 1043, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

• October 31 – Venus occults Jupiter
• Rus'-Byzantine War (1043).
• Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England at Winchester Cathedral.
• Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor marries Agnes de Poitou.
• The revolt of George Maniaces against Byzantine Emperor Constantine IX ends when Maniaces is killed in battle near Thessalonica.
• The Ziyarid dynasty of Persia is destroyed by the Seljuks.
• In Song Dynasty China, the politicians Ouyang Xiu and Fan Zhongyan start the Qingli Reforms, which are halted by 1045.
• The Norman brothers, William Iron Arm and Drogo de Hauteville, take power in Apulia.
• The first king of the Kingdom of Nri, Eze Nri Ìfikuánim is created in West Africa.

• Fulk IV, Count of Anjou (died 1109)
• Abu Muhammad Baghawi, Persian traditionalist
• El Cíd Campeador of Castile (died 1099)

• George Maniaces, Byzantine general
• Gisela of Swabia, Holy Roman Empress (b. 989)