Events from 843

Restoration of Icons - Empress Theodora definitively restores icon veneration, Feast of Orthodoxy established

Great Anti-Buddhist Persecution in China - also suppresses Manichaeism, Nestorian Christianity, and Zoroastrianism

Treaty of Verdun - Carolingian Empire permanently divided: Lothair gets Middle Francia and imperial title, Louis gets East (Germany), Charles gets West (France)