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The year '''543 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. In the [[Roman Empire]], it was known as '''year 211 '' [[Ab urbe condita]]'''''. The denomination 543 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

==Events==
* North Indian Prince [[Vijaya of Sri Lanka|Vijaya]] invades [[Ceylon]] and establishes a [[Sinhalese monarchy|Sinhalese dynasty]] after he was banished from his father's kingdom<ref>{{Cite book|title=Sri Lanka|last=Wanasundera|first=Nanda P.|date=2002|publisher=Marshall Cavendish|isbn=0761414770|location=New York|oclc=49558713|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780761414773}}</ref>
* [[Pisistratus]], tyrant of [[Athens]], purifies the island of [[Delos]]. (approximate)
* Guided by Chinese statesman [[Zi Chan]], the [[State of Zheng]] institutes a formal code of law.

==Births==
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==Deaths==
* [[Gautama Buddha]] [[parinirvana|Mahaparinibbana]] (traditional in [[Thailand]] and elsewhere - basis of [[Thai solar calendar]])

==References==
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