2043

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 by topic:

Arts

Architecture – Comics – Film – Home video – Literature (Poetry) – Music (Country, Metal, UK) – Radio – Television – Video gaming

Politics

Elections – Int'l leaders – State leaders – Sovereign states

Science and technology

Archaeology – Aviation – Birding/Ornithology – Meteorology – Palaeontology – Rail transport – Spaceflight

Sports

Athletics (Track and Field) – Australian Football League – Baseball – Basketball – Football (soccer) – Cricket – Ice Hockey – Motorsport – Road cycling (men, women) – Tennis – Rugby league

By place

Afghanistan – Algeria – Antarctica – Argentina – Armenia – Australia – Austria - Azerbaijan – Bangladesh - Belgium - Brazil – Canada – Chile – China – Costa Rica – Croatia –Cuba – Denmark – El Salvador – Egypt – Estonia – Ethiopia – European Union – Finland – France – Georgia – Germany – Ghana – Greece – Hungary – Iceland – India – Indonesia – Iraq – Iran – Ireland – Israel – Italy – Japan – Kenya – Latvia – Lithuania – Luxembourg – Malaysia – Mexico – Moldova – Netherlands – New Zealand – Norway – Pakistan – Palestinian territories – Philippines – Poland – Romania – Russia – Rwanda – Serbia – Singapore – South Africa – South Korea – Spain – Sri Lanka – Sweden – Turkey – United Arab Emirates – United Kingdom – United States - Vietnam

Other topics

Awards – Law – Religious leaders

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishments and disestablishments categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

Works and introductions categories

Works – Introductions Works entering the public domain

2043 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	2043 MMXLIII
Ab urbe condita	2796
Armenian calendar	1492 ԹՎ ՌՆՂԲ
Assyrian calendar	6793
Bahá'í calendar	199–200
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	1965–1966
- Kali Yuga	5144–5145
Holocene calendar	12043
Igbo calendar	1043–1044
Iranian calendar	1421–1422
Islamic calendar	1465–1466
Japanese calendar	Heisei 55 (平成５５年)
Juche calendar	132
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4376
Minguo calendar	ROC 132 民國132年
Thai solar calendar	2586
Unix time	2303683200–2335219199

2043 (MMXLIII) will be a common year starting on Thursday (dominical letter D) 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

• The Indian Economy could surpass the US Economy, predicted by Goldman Sachs.^[1]
• 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.

In fiction

• In the Twilight Zone episode Quarantine, the protagonist, Matthew Forman, is shown that his civilization was destroyed by a third and final World War in 2043. By 2347, humanity has managed to rebuild civilization without machines or advanced technology.
• 2043 marks the first contact between humans and the Centaurians in the computer game Alien Legacy.
• 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.
• In Hammizilla, the Earth runs out of energy.

References

1. Mahbubani, Kishore (2008-02-19). "Ringing in the Asian century". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2008-02-20.