1143

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century 12th century 13th century
Decades:	1120s 1130s 1140s 1150s 1160s
Years:	1140 1141 1142 1143 1144 1145 1146

1143 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1143 MCXLIII
Ab urbe condita	1896
Armenian calendar	592 ԹՎ ՇՂԲ
Assyrian calendar	5893
Balinese saka calendar	1064–1065
Bengali calendar	550
Berber calendar	2093
English Regnal year	8 Ste. 1 – 9 Ste. 1
Buddhist calendar	1687
Burmese calendar	505
Byzantine calendar	6651–6652
Chinese calendar	壬戌年 (Water Dog) 3840 or 3633     — to — 癸亥年 (Water Pig) 3841 or 3634
Coptic calendar	859–860
Discordian calendar	2309
Ethiopian calendar	1135–1136
Hebrew calendar	4903–4904
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1199–1200
- Shaka Samvat	1064–1065
- Kali Yuga	4243–4244
Holocene calendar	11143
Igbo calendar	143–144
Iranian calendar	521–522
Islamic calendar	537–538
Japanese calendar	Kōji 2 (康治２年)
Javanese calendar	1049–1050
Julian calendar	1143 MCXLIII
Korean calendar	3476
Minguo calendar	769 before ROC 民前769年
Nanakshahi calendar	−325
Seleucid era	1454/1455 AG
Thai solar calendar	1685–1686
Tibetan calendar	阳水狗年 (male Water-Dog) 1269 or 888 or 116     — to — 阴水猪年 (female Water-Pig) 1270 or 889 or 117

Year 1143 (MCXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By area

Africa

• Jijel is taken by the Normans.
• A Norman raid on Ceuta fails, but at the same time the Normans lead a successful assault against Sfax.

Asia

• December 25 – Baldwin III is crowned King of Jerusalem, succeeding his father Fulk.

Europa

• April 5 – Manuel I Comnenus becomes Byzantine Emperor.
• July 1 – Battle of Wilton: Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester defeats Stephen I of England at Wilton.
• September 26 – Pope Celestine II succeeds Pope Innocent II, as the 165th pope.
• October 5 – Treaty of Zamora: Portugal is recognized by the Kingdom of León as an independent kingdom, although it had already functioned as one since the Battle of São Mamede in 1128.
• Robert of Ketton makes the first European translation of the Qur'an into Latin.
• The exploration of the uncharted eastern parts of Germany begins, and results in the founding of cities such as Lübeck.
• During the summer the people of Rome revolt against the authority of the Pope, and create a republican city-state comparable to that of the other Italian cities.

Births

• July 31 – Emperor Nijō of Japan (d. 1165)

Deaths

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Hugh II, Duke of Burgundy

• January 12 – Patriarch Leo of Constantinople
• February 6 – Hugh II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1084)
• April 8 – John II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1087)
• April 18 – Gertrude of Süpplingenburg, regent of Saxony (b. 1115)
• September 24
  • Agnes of Germany, Austrian duchess, daughter of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1072)
  • Pope Innocent II
• November 13 – Fulk, King of Jerusalem, Count of Anjou (b. c. 1089/1092)
• December 12 – Kogyo-Daishi, restorer of Shingon Buddhism in Japan (b. 1095)
• date unknown
  • William of Malmesbury, English historian (b. 1080)
  • Zamakhshari, Persian scholar (b. 1070)