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| Centuries: | 8th century - 9th century - 10th century |
| Decades: | 820s 830s 840s - 850s - 860s 870s 880s |
| Years: | 853 854 855 - 856 - 857 858 859 |
| 856 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 856 DCCCLVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1609 |
| Armenian calendar | 305 ԹՎ ՅԵ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -988 – -987 |
| Berber calendar | 1806 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1400 |
| Burmese calendar | 218 |
| Chinese calendar | 3492/3552-11-20 (乙亥年十一月二十日) — to —
3493/3553-12-1(丙子年十二月初一日) |
| Coptic calendar | 572 – 573 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 848 – 849 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4616 – 4617 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 911 – 912 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 778 – 779 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3957 – 3958 |
| Holocene calendar | 10856 |
| Iranian calendar | 234 – 235 |
| Islamic calendar | 241 – 242 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3189 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1399 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By Place
[edit] Asia
- The Year of the Fire Rat (Chinese Zodiac) begins in January.
- December 22 — Another deadly earthquake strikes Damghan, Iran, killing 200,000 people.
[edit] Europe
- November — An earthquake in Corinth, Greece, kills an estimated 45,000.
- Ethelbald usurps the throne of Wessex from his father Ethelwulf.
- Ordono I of Asturias is said to have begun the repopulation of the town of León.
[edit] Byzantine Empire
- Bardas becomes regent for the Byzantine Emperor Michael III.
[edit] Births
- Li Keyong, ethnic Shatuo Turk who became a prominent jiedushi of the Chinese Tang Dynasty (d. 908)
- Li Maozhen
[edit] Deaths
- January 7 — Saint Aldric, Bishop of Le Mans (b. c. 800; died at Le Mans)
- February 4 — Rabanus Maurus, Bishop of Mainz
