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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 8th century – 9th century – 10th century |
| Decades: | 820s 830s 840s – 850s – 860s 870s 880s |
| Years: | 852 853 854 – 855 – 856 857 858 |
| 855 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 855 DCCCLV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1608 |
| Armenian calendar | 304 ԹՎ ՅԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5605 |
| Bengali calendar | 262 |
| Berber calendar | 1805 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1399 |
| Burmese calendar | 217 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6363–6364 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲戌年 (Wood Dog) 3551 or 3491 — to — 乙亥年 (Wood Pig) 3552 or 3492 |
| Coptic calendar | 571–572 |
| Discordian calendar | 2021 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 847–848 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4615–4616 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 911–912 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 777–778 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3956–3957 |
| Holocene calendar | 10855 |
| Iranian calendar | 233–234 |
| Islamic calendar | 240–241 |
| Japanese calendar | Saikō 2 (斉衡２年) |
| Julian calendar | 855 DCCCLV |
| Korean calendar | 3188 |
| Minguo calendar | 1057 before ROC 民前1057年 |
| Seleucid era | 1166/1167 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1397–1398 |
Year 855 (DCCCLV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- Louis II succeeds Lothar as Western Emperor. Two other sons, Lothar II and Charles, also get parts of the kingdom.
- The Slavic alphabet is created by Saints Cyril and Methodius.
- Edmund becomes king of East Anglia.
By topic
Religion
- September 29 – Pope Benedict III succeeds Pope Leo IV as the 104th pope.
- Anastasius is made anti-pope by Lothair.
- Æthelwulf of Wessex grants churches in the kingdom of Wessex the right to receive tithes.
Births
- Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn al-Furat, Abbasid vizier (d. 924)
Deaths
- September 29 – Lothar, western emperor (b. 795)
- July 17 – Pope Leo IV
- July 31 – Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Muslim scholar (b. 780)
- November 20 – Theoktistos, chief minister of the Byzantine Empire
- December 8 – Drogo of Metz
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