Editing 843

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[[File:Partage de l'Empire carolingien au Traité de Verdun en 843.JPG|upright=1.35|thumb|The parting of the [[Carolingian Empire|Frankish Empire]] (843)]]
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Year '''843''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCCXLIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Monday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

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

==== Europe ====
*[[May 24]] &ndash; [[Battle of Blain]]: Breton forces under [[Erispoe]], count of [[Vannes]], defeat the [[Franks]] led by [[Renaud d'Herbauges]], near the town of [[Messac, Ille-et-Vilaine|Messac]], at the [[Vilaine|River Vilaine]]. This battle marks a [[Celtic Britons|Breton]] war between Charles the Bald and [[Nominoe]], duke of [[Kingdom of Brittany|Brittany]].
* Summer &ndash; [[Vikings|Viking]] raiders attack [[Nantes]], located on the [[Loire|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 [[Garonne|River Garonne]], near what later will be [[La Rochelle]]. There the Vikings bring materials from the mainland and build houses to spend the [[winter]].
* [[August 10]] &ndash; [[Treaty of Verdun]]: The [[Carolingian Empire|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 [[Rhine|River Rhine]]), called the [[East Francia|Eastern Frankish Realm]], which is the precursor to modern-day [[Germany]]. Emperor [[Lothair I]] receives the central portion ([[Low Countries]], [[Alsace]], [[Lorraine (region)|Lorraine]], [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundy]] and the northern half of [[Italy]]), called the [[Middle Francia|Central Frankish Realm]]. King [[Charles the Bald]] receives the western portion (everything west of the [[Rhône|River Rhône]]), called the [[West Francia|Western Frankish Realm]], which later becomes [[France]].

==== British Isles ====
* King [[Kenneth MacAlpin]] (Cináed mac Ailpín) of the [[Scottish people|Scots]] also becomes [[List of kings of the Picts|king of the Picts]]; he is crowned (on the [[Stone of Scone|Stone of Destiny]]) as first [[monarch]] of the new nation of [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]]. The [[House of Alpin|Alpin Dynasty]] of [[List of Scottish monarchs|Scottish kings]] begins to reign.

==== Arabian Empire ====
* Summer &ndash; A [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] expedition, led by [[Theoktistos]], conquers [[Emirate of Crete|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 [[Arab Muslims|Arabs]].<ref>Makrypoulias (2000), p. 351.</ref><ref>Treadgold (1997), p. 447.</ref>
* [[Al-Andalus]]: The city of [[Zaragossa]] rises against the [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] [[Emirate of Córdoba]] in modern-day [[Spain]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Rucquoi|first=Adeline|title=Histoire medieval de la Péninsule ibérique|year=1993|publisher=Seuil|location=Paris|isbn=2-02-012935-3|page=87}}</ref>

==== Asia ====
* In the Chinese capital of [[Chang'an]], a large fire consumes 4,000 homes, [[warehouse]]s and other buildings in the [[Chang'an#East Central Chang'an|East Market]], yet the rest of the city is at a safe distance from the blaze which is largely [[quarantine]]d in [[Chang'an#East Central Chang'an|East Central Chang'an]], thanks to the large width of roads in Chang'an that produce [[Firebreak|fire break]]s.

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[March 11]] &ndash; [[Feast of Orthodoxy]] &ndash; Official end of [[Iconoclasm]]: Empress [[Theodora II]] restores the veneration of [[icon]]s in the [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] churches in the [[Byzantine Empire]].<ref>Merriam-Webster (Jan 2000). ''Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of World Religions'', p. 231. {{ISBN|0-87779-044-2}}.</ref> 
* Theodora II orders a [[persecution]] against the [[Paulicianism|Paulicians]] throughout [[Anatolia]]; about 100,000 followers in the Byzantine [[Theme (Byzantine district)|theme]] of [[Lesser Armenia|Armenia]] are massacred.<ref>Arpee, Leon (1946). ''A History of Armenian Christianity''. New York: The Armenian Missionary Association of America. p. 107.</ref></onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[Judith of Flanders]], queen of [[Wessex]] and countess of [[Flanders]] (approximate date)

== Deaths ==
* [[April 19]] &ndash; [[Judith of Bavaria (died 843)|Judith of Bavaria]], Frankish empress<ref>{{cite book |last1=Zimmermann |first1=Wilhelm |title=A Popular History of Germany: From the Earliest Period to the Present Day |date=1878 |publisher=H. J. Johnson |page=[https://archive.org/details/apopularhistory02zimmgoog/page/n139 533] |url=https://archive.org/details/apopularhistory02zimmgoog |language=en}}</ref>
* [[2 November]] &ndash; [[Anthony the Confessor]], Byzantine bishop of Thessalinike<ref>{{cite book |last1=Talbot |first1=Alice-Mary Maffry |author-link=Alice-Mary Talbot |title=Holy Women of Byzantium: Ten Saints' Lives in English Translation |date=1996 |publisher=Dumbarton Oaks |isbn=978-0-88402-248-0 |page=179 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SaViaGCeiZIC |access-date=3 March 2024 |language=en |chapter=Life of St. Theodora of Thessalonike}}</ref>
* [[Al-Mada'ini]], Muslim scholar and [[historian]] (b. [[752]])
* [[Ardo Smaragdus]], Frankish [[abbot]] and [[Hagiography|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 [[Chinese poetry|poet]] and [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] monk (b. [[779]])
* [[Landulf I of Capua|Landulf I]], [[gastald]] (or count) of [[Principality of Capua|Capua]] ([[Italy]])
* [[Liu Congjian]], Chinese governor (''[[jiedushi]]'') (b. [[803]])
* [[Qiu Shiliang]], Chinese [[eunuch]] official
* [[Renaud d'Herbauges]], Frankish [[Nobility|nobleman]] (b. [[795]])

== References ==
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