Famous birthdays, deaths and events of 1543
Birthdays
- January 18 - (baptised) Alfonso Ferrabosco (I), Italian composer (d. 1588)
- January 31 - Tokugawa Ieyasu, Shogun of Japan (d. 1616)
- April 1 - François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières
- September 14 - Claudio Aquaviva, Italian Jesuit (d. 1615)
Deaths
Events
- February 21 - Battle of Wayna Daga
- July 7 - French troops invade Luxembourg.
- September 9 - Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned "Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of Stirling.
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