943
This article is about the year 943. For the number, see 943 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 910s 920s 930s – 940s – 950s 960s 970s |
| Years: | 940 941 942 – 943 – 944 945 946 |
| 943 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 943 CMXLIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1696 |
| Armenian calendar | 392 ԹՎ ՅՂԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5693 |
| Bengali calendar | 350 |
| Berber calendar | 1893 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1487 |
| Burmese calendar | 305 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6451–6452 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 3639 or 3579 — to — 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 3640 or 3580 |
| Coptic calendar | 659–660 |
| Discordian calendar | 2109 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 935–936 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4703–4704 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 999–1000 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 865–866 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4044–4045 |
| Holocene calendar | 10943 |
| Iranian calendar | 321–322 |
| Islamic calendar | 331–332 |
| Japanese calendar | Tengyō 6 (天慶６年) |
| Julian calendar | 943 CMXLIII |
| Korean calendar | 3276 |
| Minguo calendar | 969 before ROC 民前969年 |
| Seleucid era | 1254/1255 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1485–1486 |
Year 943 (CMXLIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
Europe
- King Constantine II of Scotland retires and becomes a monk, succeeded by his cousin Malcolm I of Scotland.
- Caspian expeditions of the Rus: The city of Barda, Azerbaijan is captured.
- April – Hungarians force Bizantine emperor Romanos I, to pay them tribute for 5 years.
- August 12 – Bavarians defeat Hungarians at Wels.
- Description of the triangular bridge at Croyland, in the Charter of Eadred.[1]
Births
- Dayang Jingxuan, a Zen Buddhist monk during the Song Dynasty
Deaths
- Wang Kon, founder of the Koryo dynasty
- Emperor Liezu of Southern Tang (China)
References
- ↑ Quoted in Wheeler, W.H. (1896). A history of the fens of South Lincolnshire (2 ed.). Boston: J.M.Newcomb. p. 313.
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