Editing 943

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[[File:Rus Caspian.png|upright=1.35|thumb|Map showing major [[Kievan Rus'|Rus']] raids (blue dates) in mid-9th to mid-11th century, around the [[Caspian Sea]].]]
Year '''943''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CMXLIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== 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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== Births ==
* [[Dayang Jingxuan]], Chinese [[Zen|Zen Buddhist]] monk (d. [[1027]])
* [[Edgar the Peaceful|Edgar I]] ('''the Peaceful'''), king of [[Kingdom of England|England]] (approximate date) 
* [[Emma of Paris, Duchess of Normandy|Emma of Paris]], duchess consort of [[Duchy of Normandy|Normandy]] (d. [[968]])
* [[Ibn Zur'a]], Abbasid [[Physics in the medieval Islamic world|physician]] and philosopher (d. [[1008]])
* [[Matilda of France|Matilda]], queen consort of [[Burgundy]] (approximate date)

== Deaths ==
* [[February 23]] 
** [[David I of Klarjeti|David I]], prince of [[Principality of Tao-Klarjeti|Tao-Klarjeti]] ([[Georgia (country)|Georgia]])
** [[Herbert II, Count of Vermandois|Herbert II]], Frankish [[Nobility|nobleman]]
* [[February 26]] &ndash; [[Muirchertach mac Néill]], king of [[Northern Uí Néill|Ailech]] ([[Ireland]])
* [[March 16]] &ndash; [[Pi Guangye]], chancellor of [[Wuyue]] (b. [[877]])
* [[March 30]] &ndash; [[Li Bian]], emperor of [[Southern Tang]] (b. [[889]])
* [[April 6]] 
** [[Liu Churang]], Chinese general (b. [[881]])
** [[Nasr II]], Samanid emir (b. [[906]])
* [[April 10]] &ndash; [[Landulf I of Benevento|Landulf I]], prince of [[Duchy of Benevento|Benevento]] and [[Principality of Capua|Capua]] ([[Italy]])
* [[April 15]] &ndash; [[Liu Bin (Southern Han)|Liu Bin]], emperor of [[Southern Han]] (b. [[920]])
* [[April 18]] &ndash; [[Fujiwara no Atsutada]], Japanese nobleman (b. 906)
* [[July 4]] &ndash; [[Taejo of Goryeo|Wang Kon]], founder of [[Goryeo]] ([[Korea]]) (b. 877)
* [[July 26]] &ndash; [[Prince Motoyoshi|Motoyoshi]], Japanese nobleman and [[Japanese poetry|poet]] (b. [[890]])
* [[November 8]] &ndash; [[Empress Liu (Li Maozhen's wife)|Liu]], empress of [[Qi (Li Maozhen's state)|Qi]] ([[Ten Kingdoms]]) (b. 877)
* [[Cao Zhongda]], official and chancellor of Wuyue (b. [[882]])
* [[Gagik I of Vaspurakan]], Armenian king (or [[936]])
* [[Liu Honggao]], chancellor of Southern Han (b. [[923]])
* [[Sinan ibn Thabit]], Persian physician (b. [[880]])
* [[Urchadh mac Murchadh]], king of [[Maigh Seóla]] (Ireland)
* [[Xu Jie (Southern Tang)|Xu Jie]], Chinese officer and chancellor (b. [[868]])
* [[Zhang Yuxian]], Chinese rebel leader (approximate date)

== References ==
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