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 other calendars

Gregorian calendar	2043 MMXLIII
Ab urbe condita	2796
Armenian calendar	1492 ԹՎ ՌՆՂԲ
Bahá'í calendar	199 – 200
Berber calendar	2993
Buddhist calendar	2587
Burmese calendar	1405
Byzantine calendar	7551 – 7552
Chinese calendar	壬戌年十一月廿一日 (4679/4739-11-21) — to — 癸亥年十二月初一日 (4680/4740-12-1)
Coptic calendar	1759 – 1760
Ethiopian calendar	2035 – 2036
Hebrew calendar	5803 – 5804
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2098 – 2099
- Shaka Samvat	1965 – 1966
- Kali Yuga	5144 – 5145
Holocene calendar	12043
Iranian calendar	1421 – 1422
Islamic calendar	1465 – 1466
Japanese calendar	Heisei 55 (平成55年)
Korean calendar	4376
Thai solar calendar	2586
Unix time	2303683200 – 2335219199
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2043 (MMXLIII) will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar.

Predicted events

• Indian Economy Surpasses US Economy, predicted by Goldman Sachs.^[1]
• Expected expiration from the Arizona-Sonora pipeline communication.
• Assuming no further changes from the United States copyright law, cartoon character Speedy Gonzales will enter public domain.
• Tolkien's published works will remain copyrighted until 2043, when they enter public domain.

Fictional events

• 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 places in the November of this year.

References