Editing 943 (section)

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* Spring &ndash; Allied with the [[Kievan Rus'|Rus']], a Hungarian army raids [[Moesia]] and [[Thrace (theme)|Thrace]]. Emperor [[Romanos I Lekapenos|Romanos I]] buys peace, and accepts to pay a yearly [[tribute]] (protection money) to the [[Principality of Hungary|Hungarians]].<ref>Brian Todd Cary (2012). ''Road to Manzikert – Byanztine and Islamic Warfare (527–1071)'', p. 81. {{ISBN|978-184884-215-1}}.</ref> His frontiers now 'protected' on the [[Balkans|Balkan Peninsula]], Romanos sends a [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] expeditionary force (80,000 men) led by general [[John Kourkouas]] (his commander-in-chief) to invade northern [[Mesopotamia]] (modern [[Iraq]]).

==== Europe ====
* [[Caspian expeditions of the Rus'#Raid of 943|Caspian expeditions of the Rus']]: The Rus' under the [[Varangians|Varangian]] prince [[Igor of Kiev|Igor I of Kiev]] sail up the [[Kura (Caspian Sea)|Kura River]], deep into the [[Caucasus]], and defeat the forces of the [[Sallarid dynasty|Sallarid]] ruler [[Marzuban ibn Muhammad]]. They capture the fortress city of [[Barda, Azerbaijan|Barda]] (modern [[Azerbaijan]]).
* [[Battle of Wels]]: A joint [[Duchy of Bavaria|Bavarian]]–[[Carantanians|Carantanian]] army led by [[Bertold, Duke of Bavaria|Bertold]] (duke of Bavaria) defeats the Hungarians near [[Wels]] ([[Upper Austria]]), who are attacked at a crossing of the [[Enns (river)|Enns River]] at [[Enns (town)|Ennsburg]].<ref>Charles R. Bowlus. ''The Battle of Lechfield and his Aftermath, August 955: The End of the Age of Migrations in the Latin West''. Ashgate (2006), p. 145.</ref>

==== England ====
* King [[Edmund I]] ravages [[Kingdom of Strathclyde|Strathclyde]] and defeats the Scottish king [[Constantine II of Scotland|Constantine II]], who has reigned as king of [[Kingdom of Alba|Alba]] since [[900]]. Constantine, ruler of the 'Picts and Scots', abdicates to enter a [[monastery]] and yields control of his realm to his cousin [[Malcolm I of Scotland|Malcolm I]].<ref>Woolf, ''Pictland to Alba'', p. 175; Anderson, ''Early Sources'', pp. 444-448; Broun, "Constantine&nbsp;II".</ref>
* The [[Trinity Bridge (Crowland)|Trinity Bridge]] at [[Crowland]], [[Lincolnshire]] is described, in the 'Charter of Eadred'.<ref name=wheeler>Quoted in {{cite book|first=W.H.|last=Wheeler|title=A history of the fens of South Lincolnshire|edition=2|year=1896|publisher=J.M.Newcomb|location=Boston|page= 313}}</ref>
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