843
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| Years: | 840 841 842 – 843 – 844 845 846 |
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| Gregorian calendar | 843 DCCCXLIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1596 |
| Armenian calendar | 292 ԹՎ ՄՂԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5593 |
| 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 | 765–766 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3944–3945 |
| Holocene calendar | 10843 |
| Iranian calendar | 221–222 |
| Islamic calendar | 228–229 |
| Japanese calendar | Jōwa 10 (承和１０年) |
| Julian calendar | 843 DCCCXLIII |
| Korean calendar | 3176 |
| Minguo calendar | 1069 before ROC 民前1069年 |
| Seleucid era | 1154/1155 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1385–1386 |
The parting of the Frankish Empire (843)
Year 843 (DCCCXLIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
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 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.
- Summer – Viking raiders attack Nantes, located on the River Loire, they kill the towns bishop along with many of the clergy, murdering men, women, and children. They plunder the western parts of Aquitaine, and reach an island north of the mounth 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.
- 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.
Britain
- Kenneth I (Cináed mac Ailpín), king 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 – An Byzantine expedition under 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).
By topic
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
Deaths
- 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)
- April 19 – Judith of Bavaria, Frankish empress
- Landulf I, gastald (or count) of Capua (Italy)
- Renaud d'Herbauges, Frankish nobleman (b. 795)
References
- ↑ Makrypoulias (2000), p. 351
- ↑ Treadgold (1997), p. 447
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- ↑ Merriam-Webster (Jan 2000). Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of World Religions, p. 231. ISBN 08-777-90-442
- ↑ Leon Arpee (1946). A History of Armenian Christianity. The Armenian Missionary Association of America, New York, p. 107.
