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{{C14 year in topic}}Year '''1343''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCCCXLIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[January 14]] &ndash; [[Arnošt of Pardubice]] becomes the last bishop of Prague and, subsequently, the first Archbishop of Prague.
* [[January 27]] &ndash; [[Pope Clement VI]] issues his bull ''Unigenitus'', defining the doctrine of "The Treasury of Merits" or "The Treasury of the Church" as the basis for the issuance of [[indulgence]]s by the Catholic Church.
* [[April 23]] &ndash; The [[St. George's Night Uprising]] begins in [[Danish Estonia|Estonia]].
* [[May 4]] &ndash; [[St. George's Night Uprising]]: The "Four Estonian kings" are murdered, at the negotiations with the [[Livonian Order]].
* [[August 15]] &ndash; [[Magnus IV of Sweden]] abdicates from the throne of [[Norway]], in favor of his son [[Haakon VI of Norway]]. However, Haakon is still a minor, allowing Magnus to remain [[de facto]] ruler.
* [[August 31]] &ndash; A naval league is formed between the Pope, the [[Republic of Venice]], the [[Knights Hospitaller]] and the [[Kingdom of Cyprus]], to prepare the [[Smyrniote crusades|Smyrniote Crusades]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Lock | first = Peter | title = The Routledge Companion to the Crusades | publisher = Routledge | year = 2013 | isbn = 9781135131371 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=AkCKZ9Hs4-QC | page = 127}}</ref>
* [[November 25]] &ndash;  A [[tsunami]], caused by an [[Earthquake of 1343|earthquake]], devastates the [[Amalfi|Maritime Republic of Amalfi]], among other places.

=== Date unknown ===
* [[Tsar Dušan]] conquers Albania.
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== Births ==
* [[December 19]] &ndash; [[William I, Margrave of Meissen]] (d. [[1407]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Emperor Chōkei]] of Japan (d. [[1394]])
** [[Constance of Aragon, Queen of Sicily|Constance of Aragon]], queen consort of Sicily (d. [[1363]])
** [[Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester]], English rebel (d. [[1403]])
** [[Nang Keo Phimpha]], queen of [[Lan Xang]]  (d. [[1438]])
** [[Tommaso Mocenigo]], doge of Venice (d. [[1423]])
** [[Paolo Alboino della Scala]], lord of Verona (d. [[1375]])
** [[Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan]], Scottish ruler (d. [[1405]])<ref>Grant, Alexander. "Alexander Stewart", ''ODNB''.</ref>
* ''probable'' 
**[[Geoffrey Chaucer]], English poet (approximate date) (d. [[1400]])

== Deaths ==
* [[January 20]] &ndash; [[Robert of Naples]] (b. [[1276]])
* [[May 29]] &ndash; [[Francesco I Manfredi]], lord of Faenza
* [[June 22]] &ndash; [[Aimone, Count of Savoy]] (b. [[1291]])
* [[June 23]] &ndash; [[Giacomo Gaetani Stefaneschi]], Italian cardinal (b. c. [[1270]])
* [[September 16]] &ndash; [[Philip III of Navarre]] (b. [[1306]])
* [[December 15]] &ndash; [[Hasan Kucek]], Chobanid prince (b. c. [[1319]])
* ''date unknown'' 
** [[Ulick Burke of Umhaill|Sir Ulick Burke]], Irish nobleman
** [[Anne of Austria, Duchess of Bavaria]]  (b. [[1318]])
** [[Veera Ballala III]], ruler of the Hoysala Empire (b. [[1291]])

== References ==
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