843

Year 843 (DCCCXLIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	8th century 9th century 10th century
Decades:	820s 830s 840s 850s 860s
Years:	840 841 842 843 844 845 846

843 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	843 DCCCXLIII
Ab urbe condita	1596
Armenian calendar	292 ԹՎ ՄՂԲ
Assyrian calendar	5593
Balinese saka calendar	764–765
Bengali calendar	250
Berber calendar	1793
Buddhist calendar	1387
Burmese calendar	205
Byzantine calendar	6351–6352
Chinese calendar	壬戌年 (Water Dog) 3539 or 3479     — to — 癸亥年 (Water Pig) 3540 or 3480
Coptic calendar	559–560
Discordian calendar	2009
Ethiopian calendar	835–836
Hebrew calendar	4603–4604
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	899–900
- Shaka Samvat	764–765
- Kali Yuga	3943–3944
Holocene calendar	10843
Iranian calendar	221–222
Islamic calendar	228–229
Japanese calendar	Jōwa 10 (承和１０年)
Javanese calendar	740–741
Julian calendar	843 DCCCXLIII
Korean calendar	3176
Minguo calendar	1069 before ROC 民前1069年
Nanakshahi calendar	−625
Seleucid era	1154/1155 AG
Thai solar calendar	1385–1386
Tibetan calendar	阳水狗年 (male Water-Dog) 969 or 588 or −184     — to — 阴水猪年 (female Water-Pig) 970 or 589 or −183

The parting of the Frankish Empire (843)

Events

Europe

• August – Treaty of Verdun: The Frankish Empire is divided into three kingdoms, between the three surviving sons of the late emperor Louis the Pious. King Louis the German receives the eastern portion (everything east of the River Rhine), called the Eastern Frankish Realm, which is the precursor to modern-day Germany. Emperor Lothair I receives the central portion (Low Countries, Alsace, Lorraine, Burgundy and the northern half of Italy), called the Central Frankish Realm. King Charles the Bald receives the western portion (everything west of the River Rhône), called the Western Frankish Realm, which later becomes modern-day France.
• Battle of Messac: Breton forces under Erispoe, count of Vannes, defeat the Franks led by Renaud d'Herbauges, near the town of Messac, at the River Vilaine. This battle marks a Breton war between Charles the Bald and Nominoe, duke of Brittany.
• Summer – Viking raiders attack Nantes, located on the River Loire; they kill the town's bishop along with many of the clergy, and murder men, women, and children. They plunder the western parts of Aquitaine, and reach an island north of the mouth of the River Garonne, near what later will be La Rochelle. There the Vikings bring materials from the mainland, and build houses to spend the winter.

Scotland

• King Kenneth I (Cináed mac Ailpín) of the Scots also becomes king of the Picts; he is crowned (by the Stone of Destiny), as first monarch of the new nation of Scotland. The Alpin Dynasty of Scottish kings begins to reign.

Arabian Empire

• Summer – A Byzantine expedition, led by Theoktistos, conquers Crete from the Saracens. After initial success, he is forced to abandon his army, due to political intrigues in Constantinople. The troops are left behind, and slaughtered by the Arabs.[1][2]
• Al-Andalus: The city of Zaragossa (modern Spain) rises against the Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba.[3]

Asia

• In the Chinese capital of Chang'an, a large fire consumes 4,000 homes, warehouses, and other buildings in the East Market, yet the rest of the city is at a safe distance from the blaze (which is largely quarantined in East Central Chang'an, thanks to the large width of roads in Chang'an that produce fire breaks).

Religion

• Feast of Orthodoxy: Official end of Iconoclasm; Empress Theodora II restores the veneration of icons in the Orthodox churches in the Byzantine Empire.[4]
• Theodora II orders a persecution against the Paulicians throughout Anatolia; about 100,000 followers in the Byzantine Theme Armenia are massacred.[5]

Births

• Judith of Flanders, queen of Wessex and countess of Flanders (approximate date)

Deaths

• April 19 – Judith of Bavaria, Frankish empress[6]
• Al-Mada'ini, Muslim scholar and historian (b. 752)
• Ardo Smaragdus, Frankish abbot and hagiographer
• Bridei VI, king of the Picts (Scotland)
• Fergus mac Fothaid, king of Connacht (Ireland)
• Fujiwara no Otsugu, Japanese statesman (b. 773)
• Jia Dao, Chinese poet and Buddhist monk (b. 779)
• Landulf I, gastald (or count) of Capua (Italy)
• Liu Congjian, Chinese governor (jiedushi) (b. 803)
• Qiu Shiliang, Chinese eunuch official
• Renaud d'Herbauges, Frankish nobleman (b. 795)

References

1. Makrypoulias (2000), p. 351.
2. Treadgold (1997), p. 447.
3. Rucquoi, Adeline (1993). Histoire medieval de la Péninsule ibérique. Paris: Seuil. p. 87. ISBN 2-02-012935-3.
4. Merriam-Webster (Jan 2000). Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of World Religions, p. 231. ISBN 0-87779-044-2.
5. Leon Arpee (1946). A History of Armenian Christianity. The Armenian Missionary Association of America, New York, p. 107.
6. Zimmermann, Wilhelm (1878). A Popular History of Germany: From the Earliest Period to the Present Day. H. J. Johnson. p. 533.