Major Events
- Feb 11 Battle at Wayna Daga: Ethiopian and Portuguese troops beat Muslim army
- Feb 11 Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and English King Henry VIII sign anti-French covenant
- Jun 1 Flemish physician Andreas Vesalius publishes "De humani corporis fabrica (On the fabric of the human body in seven books)" a major step forward in understanding human anatomy [date is representative as exact date of publication unknown]
- Jul 1 England & Scotland sign peace treaty of Greenwich
- Jul 7 French troops invade Luxembourg
- Aug 5 French and Turkish troops occupy Nice
- Aug 22 Emperor Charles V's army occupies Duren
- Sep 3 Cardinal Beaton replaces the Earl of Arran as regent for Queen Mary of Scotland
- Sep 6 French & Turkish fleet occupies Nice
- Sep 7 William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, ruler of the Duchy of Guelders surrenders to Emperor Charles V after the emperor's forces subdue his
- More 1543 Events
Did You Know?
Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned "Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of Stirling