843

Europe

 * divides the empire between the 3 sons of  . Namely,  and.
 * (Cináed mac Ailpín), King of the Scots, also becomes, thus becoming the first monarch of the new of . Beginning of the rule of the  of.

Asia

 * In the Chinese capital of, a large fire consumed 4,000 homes, s, and other buildings in the , yet the rest of the city was at a safe distance from the blaze (which was largely d in  thanks to the large width of roads in Chang'an that produced fire breaks).

Religion

 * End of controversies in.

Deaths

 * , Chinese poet and Buddhist monk (born )